Kane’s absence will afford summer signing Vincent Janssen an opportunity to stake his claim as the club’s leading striker.
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“We just hope it’s not too bad”, said Lloris.
“The image [of the challenge] was a little bit tough, but we need to assess tomorrow”. It’s true they are different but they can play in the same way.
Midfielders Mousa Dembele and Eric Dier were taken off with tight hamstrings, before goalscorer Harry Kane exited the arena on a stretcher with a serious-looking ankle problem.
Son ensured Jason Denayer – a late inclusion in the Sunderland side in place of Patrick van Aanholt – endured a torrid Sunderland debut at right-back but concurred there should have been more by way of end product before Kane’s 59th-minute breakthrough.
While the injury may have come at an inopportune time for Spurs, it might actually do the Englishman a benefit. “Of course we have a lot of players at Tottenham but it’s the same case at some other teams”.
“I said, “okay, always my door is open” and we decide to stay”.
“Today it’s impossible to give a time for a recovery”.
Should the second scan confirm as much the striker would miss the Champions League games against CSKA Moscow and Bayer Leverkusen and, among the seven Premier League fixtures within the timescale, key contests against Manchester City, Leicester City and Arsenal.
Harry Winks, Josh Onomah and Cameron Carter-Vickers should all play a part, but it was 17-year-old attacking midfielder Marcus Edwards who drew the most unexpected comparison from Pochettino yesterday.
“Did the criticism hurt?”
“You know [what the manager said] is only the truth”. It’s a big week because we face two very strong teams.
“He is in a very good mood”.
The Spurs striker suffered the injury against Sunderland on Sunday, having scored the game’s only goal to send them up to third. It’s new for us so it’s important to learn.
Pickford, who hesitated under the high ball when Spurs broke through, got down well to his left to deny Alli, with Dier firing wide from the resulting set-piece.
“There have been changes”.
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“Tottenham are a top-quality side, that is why they finished where they did last season”.
