He left the stadium on crutches, with his right foot in a protective boot.
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“We’ll see tomorrow how is [Kane’s] ankle”. He twisted his ankle and felt pain. “We need to wait”. “There may be a problem with his ligaments, but it’s hard to assess today. We need to wait”. There was still time for Pickford to palm away yet another attempt from Son, but despite extending their unbeaten Premier League run to five games and winning far more comfortably than the scoreline would suggest, Spurs still don’t appear to be firing on full cylinders just yet.
“We fought a lot and tried to score”. It’s new for us, so it’s important to learn.
Meanwhile Sunderland’s troubles deepened when Januzaj was shown a second yellow card following a clumsy challenge on Ben Davies.
Pochettino had been critical of his side’s energy levels in their defeat to Monaco last week but the Argentinian was satisfied, even if it took a hashed clearance from Papy Djilobodji for Kane to break the deadlock.
“Sometimes it’s hard. In the end it was fair”, he said.
“It was fantastic, our supporters were fantastic, I am happy for the result and for them as we all felt really disappointed after Wednesday’s result”, said Pochettino.
However, Mauricio Pochettino’s afternoon turned sour when Kane was carried off three minutes from time with a serious-looking ankle injury, with the Argentine later revealing his striker was set to undergo a scan to determine the extent of the problem.
The winger opted to play at the Olympics this summer rather than undergo a full pre-season with Spurs, and was nearly sold in the transfer window, just one year after joining the club. “His first season was tough for him, but today he was very good”.
However, Sunderland made an unexpected late change, with Jason Denayer coming in for Patrick van Aanholt moments before kick-off, and the Belgium global was given a tough examination by Son Heung-min on his Premier League debut for the club.
“But it’s true that after the Olympic Games his idea was to leave to go to Germany”.
Sunderland sit 19th in table and are still without a win in the league under Moyes. And Sunderland were struck another blow, having to replace Patrick van Aanholt with Jason Denayer in the starting line-up minutes before kick-off.
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“We were in the game but we also have to be truthful – it was tough”, Moyes said. I think it would have been a big surprise if I’d come here and said this is something easy to get. “People can get injured in the warm-up”. “We need to feel better about ourselves”.
