Regarding Kane, Pochettino added: “We will assess him [on Monday]”. “It was tough, he twisted the ankle”. “Now he feels pain and we see tomorrow”.
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“We need to get the momentum going”, admitted Pickford. “It could be a problem with his ligament but today is hard to assess and give an opinion”, said the Spurs boss. “That is what we have waited for from him”.
Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino has said Spurs must play as they did against Sunderland consistently. It means that Kane will be out until probably the middle of November, not including rehab time.
“We just hope it is not too bad”, Lloris said.
“We defended a lot for 90 minutes, but they’re a top quality side really, let’s not kid ourselves and that’s why they finished in the Champions League spots last season”.
“Everyone’s getting together; we’ve got some new faces and some injured lads coming back”.
Pochettino was unable to be drawn on the extent of the injury of the striker, but felt he would not be left short of options following the pre-season signing of Vincent Janssen.
They lie in third place on the Premier League table, four points behind leaders Manchester City.
David Moyes’ side finished the game with ten-men after Adnan Januzaj received a second yellow card in the closing stages for a foul on Ben Davis, which soured a courageous performance from the Blackcats. “We have a good mix between experienced players and young talented players, but the only way to know [how strong our squad is] is to see at the end of the season”.
The Lilywhites suffered a disappointing 2-1 loss to AS Monaco at Wembley on Wednesday night in their group stage opener in front of more than 85,000 fans at the national stadium.
Moyes’ side, on the other hand, have been poor this season and were hammered at home by a rampant Everton outfit last weekend.
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. “We came here trying to get something, but we were always on the back foot from the start”.
“After the Olympic Games his idea was to leave to go to Germany”.
Pienaar played 63 minutes against his former club before being replaced by Duncan Watmore.
Didier Ndong and Jason Denayer made full debuts for Sunderland, although the latter was only included after Moyes lost full-back Patrick van Aanholt during the warm-up.
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