It is another blow for Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur as they are faced with another injury ahead of Wednesday Europa League final. Star player Pape Matar Sarr suffered a knock in their 2-0 loss to Aston Villa.
Tottenham head coach Ange Postecoglou side suffered their 21st Premier League defeat of the season in the game. The fixture represented their final league outing before facing Manchester United in Bilbao on Wednesday. Despite making three changes for the trip to Villa Park as he rested players for the final, Postecoglou still suffered a fitness blow.
Their central midfielder Sarr was forced off after 53 minutes, with Yves Bissouma replacing him in midfield. Sarr picked up a knock to his back before trudging down the tunnel alongside Spurs medical staff. Mikey Moore also appeared in discomfort as he made way for Brennan Johnson with three minutes remaining.
Meanwhile, club captain Son Heung-min continued his injury comeback by starting against Villa. Talking about the potential injuries after the match, Postecoglou said: “He [Pape Sarr] felt something in his back and took him off as a precaution.”
“Not too significant and Mikey was OK but was just fatigued.” “He [Son Heung-min] is ready and available. They all are ready to start. It was important tonight and he feels like he is getting back to some rhythm.” “I thought up until they scored the boys worked hard, they were really disciplined and organised.”
The manager also said: “We didn’t really let them create too many openings. We had our moments as well going forward, but once they scored we lost a little bit of belief.” “A lot of those guys haven’t played a lot and we looked like we were fatiguing and then the game just got away from us.”
The Spurs boss could now be without six first-team players for the Europa League final should Sarr be ruled out.
