Supervisor Ange Postecoglou has mentioned he “didn’t see any distinction” in Son Heung-min after the captain appeared to react angrily to being substituted 56 minutes into his first look in 4 Tottenham matches.
Son began as captain towards Aston Villa and arrange Brennan Johnson’s Forty ninth-minute equaliser within the 4-1 win on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, solely to get replaced by Richarlison shortly afterwards in a transfer that appeared to harass the previous Golden Boot winner.
“He was by no means going to play greater than that,” Postecoglou mentioned. “I didn’t see any distinction in Sonny. I’d be shocked if any participant likes coming off after they’re feeling all proper.
“I didn’t want to debate it with him. We’ve bought extra battles forward and we’re going to wish him. What’s extra vital is the general image.”
“I couldn’t communicate extremely sufficient of him, he’s excellent” 👏
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Son Heung-min accidents
The 32-year-old missed Tottenham’s wins at Manchester United and Ferencvaros and defeat at Brighton & Hove Albion in October with a hamstring damage.
He performed for 70 minutes and scored of their victory at dwelling to West Ham on October 19 however then missed their dwelling wins over AZ Alkmaar and Manchester Metropolis and defeat at Crystal Palace with a thigh downside.
“He had an [initial] damage, got here again after which, final time, it was across the 60-minute mark when he bought fatigued,” mentioned Postecoglou.
“He was by no means going to play greater than 55 or 60 minutes, no matter how the sport was going. The good factor was, he made a reasonably vital contribution earlier than that with a terrific ball in for our first objective and equaliser.”
“He was an inspiration for the group right now.”
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Richarlison ‘felt hamstring’
Brazil worldwide Richarlison, who has solely featured in 4 of Tottenham’s opening 10 league video games as a part of an injury-hit 12 months, later had to get replaced himself, making method for James Maddison, who scored an added-time free-kick after Dominic Solanke had struck twice.
Centre-back Cristian Romero was changed by Ben Davies through the second half and Future Udogie began at left-back rather than Micky van de Ven, having initially come on for him when the Netherlands worldwide sustained a hamstring situation throughout their Carabao Cup win at dwelling to Manchester Metropolis on Wednesday.
“Richy felt one thing in his hamstring within the motion of setting [Solanke’s second] objective up,” mentioned Postecoglou. “Romero felt his foot was sore in a problem.
“I don’t have any additional data. Hopefully, each will not be too severe. [Romero’s] a reasonably powerful cookie and for him to come back off, it have to be sore. It’s not ultimate and it’s one other recreation the place we’ve needed to reshuffle our again line.
“Radu [Dragusin] has performed left centre-back, proper centre-back [and swapped those positions again]. Ben Davies has needed to are available at completely different occasions, Future [was required in] midweek. The boys are dealing with it rather well.”