Ange Postecoglou provides Micky van de Ven injury update after Tottenham's victory over Aston Villa | 8894B19 | 2024-03-11 16:08:01
Ange Postecoglou has played down the severity of Micky van de Ven's damage after the Dutchman needed to be taken off in Tottenham's thumping 4-0 defeat of Unai Emery's ten-man Aston Villa.
Objectives from James Maddison, Brennan Johnson, Son Heung-min& and Timo Werner& sealed Spurs a comprehensive victory over their Premier League top-four rivals, but Van de Ven's removing may have taken a few of the gloss off the guests' win.
Van de Ven, making his eighth successive begin for Spurs in all competitions, hobbled off with a suspected leg drawback just four minutes into the second half, with January signing Radu Dragusin approaching in his place at Villa Park.
The Netherlands defender seemed to be walking with none critical discomfort in movies shared after the full-time whistle and the Tottenham head coach is hopeful the previous Wolfsburg man might make a speedy recovery.
The north London membership journey across the capital to face mid-table Fulham subsequent weekend earlier than welcoming Luton to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in a fortnight's time.
Asked for an replace on Van de Ven at his post-match press conference, Postecoglou advised reporters: 'I'm unsure. He doesn't assume it's anything too vital.
So it's disappointing for him as a result of he was excellent once more up until that point.
'Nice for Radu to return in, his first vital game-time in an enormous recreation and I assumed he dealt with it rather well.'
Postecoglou felt John McGinn's 65th-minute purple card – after a reckless challenge Future Udogie – had little influence on the end result considering Tottenham have been two objectives in front when the Scotland midfielder was given marching orders.
'I don't assume it was a key second. We have been in management,' the Spurs head coach explained.
'Clearly it made it simpler however it was only a by-product of the strain we have been putting on them.
'I don't assume it was a malicious one from John.'
The Australian stated he was 'actually pleased' with Tottenham's efficiency as his aspect moved to inside two factors of fourth-placed Villa, whereas having a recreation in hand over Emery's men.
I was actually happy with the best way we dealt with the whole day,' Postecoglou went on.
'Clearly we knew it was a big recreation coming here, robust venue, good opponent. I just thought, obviously the environment right here, they get behind their staff.
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'I assumed with all that, the context of all that, first half we did rather well, simply to make them work onerous more than anything, they had to attempt to include us, and the threats that they had we snuffed out.
'I had a sense in the direction of the again finish of the first half that they have been beginning to actually tire a bit of bit. That was the message at half-time, simply to persevere, stay calm, play our soccer, keep the depth, which goes to be essential. And we did.
'We received off to a flyer, the standard of our football was wonderful, to see out the game.'
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