Ange Postecoglou is hopeful Rodrigo Bentancur’s harm wasn’t as dangerous because it sorted the Tottenham star was taken to hospital throughout their win over Liverpool.
The midfielder acquired remedy for over eight minutes after awkwardly happening contained in the penalty space.
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Bentancur was seeking to head the ball on the close to publish after a nook was swung in from the correct.
Nevertheless, he was left stricken on the turf as his teammates rushed over to him.
Play was paused on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium because the membership’s medical employees attended to the Uruguayan.
After eight minutes of receiving remedy, Bentancur was stretchered off the sphere with followers from each golf equipment applauding the participant off.
Tottenham stated in a press release launched at half time: “We are able to verify Rodrigo is aware, speaking and can go to hospital for additional checks.”
When requested for the most recent on Bentancur after the sport, Spurs boss Ange Postecoglou instructed talkSPORT: “Yeah, I’ve clearly solely obtained restricted data, so I am not going to type of go too deep into it, however my understanding is he was aware by the point we obtained to the dressing room.
“He was really, , I type of had a have a look at him when he was coming off. He was aware then. However he is clearly been taken to hospital simply to ensure the whole lot’s okay.
“However yeah, we’ll simply have to attend and see.”
Brennan Johnson was introduced on as Bentancur’s alternative.
As Bentancur left the sphere, talkSPORT commentator Sam Matterface stated: “He has obtained an oxygen masks on. He’s, nicely, they’re shifting him, so he should be secure. They would not be shifting him if he wasn’t.
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“However there’s an oxygen masks on Rodrigo Bentancur, who’s surrounded by seven medical employees now. The referee is simply attempting to push the gamers away.
“Pedro Porro is the closest Tottenham participant to it. They’ve slid the 2 yellow halves of the stretcher beneath his physique.
“They are going to try to choose him up and put him onto the extra secure construction of the stretcher, the blue plastic stretcher, which is simply in entrance of him. However it is a regarding scenario.”
Matterface later added: “Properly, he went to go the ball and simply type of landed flat on his face, did not he? He went to type of look the ball and landed flat on his face… it is landed horribly. It was like a stomach flop nostril dived into the ground, wasn’t it?
“Definitely, it is nearly simply dived into the ground. Properly, he is being taken off right here on a stretcher. Simply taking a look now, he is obtained a blanket draped over him. There’s an oxygen masks on his face.
“He is been taken down the tunnel instantly. And I think about that he will probably be straight off to hospital to be assessed. And you may solely hope that that is the case.”
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The harm to Bentancur was a foul begin to night time for Spurs, who ran out 1-0 winners within the first leg.
Bentancur had been making his return to the Spurs beginning line-up following suspension.
The 27-year-old missed Saturday’s Premier League defeat to Newcastle after selecting up 5 yellow playing cards.
In the meantime, he beforehand served a seven-match ban earlier within the marketing campaign.
Bentancur has made 19 appearances for Ange Postecoglou’s facet thus far this time period.
Throughout these matches, he has scored twice and supplied an help from midfield.
The harm to Bentancur was a foul begin to night time for Spurs, who ran out 1-0 winners within the first leg, with Lucas Bergvall scoring the winner on 86 minutes.
Spurs and Liverpool are battling for a spot within the closing of the Carabao Cup, with the showpiece closing to happen at Wembley on March 16.
The winner of the tie, with the second leg going down at Anfield on February 6, will face both Arsenal or Newcastle within the closing.