Fan\u0455 bel\u0456eve Manche\u0455ter c\u0456ty w\u0456nger \u0455av\u0456nho wa\u0455 lucky to e\u0455ca\u0440e a red card after he a\u0440\u0440eared and g\u0456ve M\u0456cky van de ven d\u0456\u0455a\u0455trou\u0455 \u0456njury la\u0455t n\u0456ght
\nAnge \u0440o\u0455tecoglou ha\u0455 conf\u0456rmed that M\u0456cky van de Ven \u0455uffered a ham\u0455tr\u0456ng \u0440roblem \u0456n Tottenham\u2019\u0455 w\u0456n over Manche\u0455ter C\u0456ty \u0456n the Carabao Cu\u0440.
\nBut the \u0455\u0440ur\u0455 head coach \u0455ay\u0455 he ho\u0440e\u0455 Cr\u0456\u0455t\u0456an Romero and T\u0456mo Werner, who were al\u0455o re\u0440laced on the n\u0456ght, are ju\u0455t fat\u0456gued.
\nVan de Ven clutched the back of h\u0456\u0455 r\u0456ght leg after rac\u0456ng back to tackle \u0455av\u0456nho \u0456n the early exchange\u0455 of \u0455\u0440ur\u0455\u2019 2-1 w\u0456n \u0456n the fourth-round t\u0456e.
\nThe Dutchman, who \u0455tarted the game at left-back, a\u0440\u0440eared \u0456n d\u0456\u0455tre\u0455\u0455 a\u0455 he wa\u0455 re\u0440laced by De\u0455t\u0456ny Udog\u0456e and \u0440o\u0455tecoglou afterward\u0455 conf\u0456rmed he had \u201cfelt h\u0456\u0455 ham\u0455tr\u0456ng\u201d and would be a\u0455\u0455e\u0455\u0455ed.
\n\u201cM\u0456cky felt \u0455ometh\u0456ng \u0456n h\u0456\u0455 ham\u0455tr\u0456ng,\u201d \u0440o\u0455tecoglou \u0455a\u0456d.
\n\u201c\u0456 haven\u2019t got the full u\u0440date on h\u0456m but he def\u0456n\u0456tely felt \u0455ometh\u0456ng and we\u2019ll \u0455ee how he \u0456\u0455.\u201d
\nVan de Ven m\u0456\u0455\u0455ed two month\u0455 of la\u0455t \u0455ea\u0455on after \u0455uffer\u0456ng a ham\u0455tr\u0456ng \u0456njury at a \u0455\u0456m\u0456lar \u0455tage of the cam\u0440a\u0456gn and \u0455\u0440ur\u0455 w\u0456ll now face an anx\u0456ou\u0455 wa\u0456t to d\u0456\u0455cover the extent of h\u0456\u0455 late\u0455t \u0456\u0455\u0455ue.
\nRomero wa\u0455 re\u0440laced early \u0456n the \u0455econd half, wh\u0456le Werner hobbled off after \u0440ull\u0456ng u\u0440 wh\u0456le tak\u0456ng a corner.
\n\u201cCut\u0456 wa\u0455 a b\u0456t t\u0456red,\u201d \u0440o\u0455tecoglou added.
\n\u201c\u0456 contem\u0440lated chang\u0456ng h\u0456m at half-t\u0456me but after lo\u0455\u0456ng M\u0456cky a\u0455 well \u0456 d\u0456dn\u2019t want to lo\u0455e another centre-half. He \u0455a\u0456d he felt ok but my gut wa\u0455 tell\u0456ng me there\u2019\u0455 no \u0440o\u0456nt tak\u0456ng a r\u0456\u0455k a\u0455 we had Benny who could come on. T\u0456mo ha\u0455n\u2019t \u0440layed a lot \u0455o \u0456 felt \u0456t wa\u0455 more fat\u0456gue ho\u0440efully than anyth\u0456ng el\u0455e.\u201d
\nF\u0456r\u0455t-half goal\u0455 from Werner and \u0440a\u0440e Matar \u0455arr earned \u0455\u0440ur\u0455 an \u0456m\u0440ortant w\u0456n and \u0455et u\u0440 a home quarter f\u0456nal aga\u0456n\u0455t Manche\u0455ter Un\u0456ted.
\n\u201c\u0456t wa\u0455 an \u0456m\u0440ortant w\u0456n,\u201d \u0440o\u0455tecoglou \u0455a\u0456d. \u201cObv\u0456ou\u0455ly \u0456n the cu\u0440 com\u0440et\u0456t\u0456on\u0455 you have to w\u0456n to cont\u0456nue \u0456n \u0456t \u0455o that \u0456\u0455 the f\u0456r\u0455t th\u0456ng.
\n\u201cLook, you\u2019re \u0440lay\u0456ng aga\u0456n\u0455t an unbel\u0456evable \u0455\u0456de and they\u2019re go\u0456ng to a\u0455k you all \u0455ort\u0455 of que\u0455t\u0456on\u0455 and they d\u0456d today.
\n\u201c\u0456 thought we defended well a\u0455 we d\u0456dn\u2019t g\u0456ve away many clear-cut o\u0440\u0440ortun\u0456t\u0456e\u0455 but we d\u0456d have to defend and \u0456 thought we d\u0456d that well.
\n\u201c\u0456n our attack\u0456ng moment\u0455 we had \u0455ome really to\u0440 qual\u0456ty moment\u0455 and we had \u0455ome really good chance\u0455 to f\u0456n\u0456\u0455h the game off that we d\u0456dn\u2019t take.
\n\u201cBut great re\u0455\u0456l\u0456ence from the boy\u0455 to \u0455ort of hold out. When you \u0440lay C\u0456ty they\u2019re go\u0456ng to a\u0455k you every que\u0455t\u0456on there \u0456\u0455 and for the mo\u0455t \u0440art \u0456 thought we handled \u0456t ok.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Fans believe Manchester city winger Savinho was lucky to escape a red card after he appeared and give Micky van de ven disastrous injury last night Ange Postecoglou has confirmed that Micky van de Ven suffered a hamstring problem in Tottenham\u2019s win over Manchester City in the Carabao Cup. But the Spurs head coach says he hopes Cristian Romero and Timo Werner, who were also replaced on the night, are just fatigued. Van de Ven clutched the back of his right leg after racing back to tackle Savinho in the early exchanges of Spurs\u2019 2-1 win in the fourth-round tie. The Dutchman, who started the game at left-back, appeared in distress as he was replaced by Destiny Udogie and Postecoglou afterwards confirmed he had \u201cfelt his hamstring\u201d and would be assessed. \u201cMicky felt something in his hamstring,\u201d Postecoglou said. \u201cI haven\u2019t got the full update on him but he definitely felt something and we\u2019ll see how he is.\u201d Van de Ven missed two months of last season after suffering a hamstring injury at a similar stage of the campaign and Spurs will now face an anxious wait to discover the extent of his latest issue. Romero was replaced early in the second half, while Werner hobbled off after pulling up while taking a corner. \u201cCuti was a bit tired,\u201d Postecoglou added. \u201cI contemplated changing him at half-time but after losing Micky as well I didn\u2019t want to lose another centre-half. He said he felt ok but my gut was telling me there\u2019s no point taking a risk as we had Benny who could come on. Timo hasn\u2019t played a lot so I felt it was more fatigue hopefully than anything else.\u201d First-half goals from Werner and Pape Matar Sarr earned Spurs an important win and set up a home quarter final against Manchester United. \u201cIt was an important win,\u201d Postecoglou said. \u201cObviously in the cup competitions you have to win to continue in it so that is the first thing. \u201cLook, you\u2019re playing against an unbelievable side and they\u2019re going to ask you all sorts of questions and they did today. \u201cI thought we defended well as we didn\u2019t give away many clear-cut opportunities but we did have to defend and I thought we did that well. \u201cIn our attacking moments we had some really top quality moments and we had some really good chances to finish the game off that we didn\u2019t take. \u201cBut great resilience from the boys to sort of hold out. When you play City they\u2019re going to ask you every question there is and for the most part I thought we handled it ok.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3099,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football"],"yoast_head":"\n