When one player is missing, it gives an opportunity to another player to bring his skills, energy and quality. If he can find the net a couple times over the next two months, Spurs will be plenty happy with his play and the club shouldn’t have too many issues. And we have some talented players.
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Pochettino hauled off Son Heung-min at half-time last week but the South Korean was arguably Tottenham’s best player against David Moyes’ side.
“I remember that game at Sunderland, I didn’t expect to play as quickly as I did and make an impact in the team”.
“He’s a fighter, the mentality is fantastic and fits very well with us in the team”. I think the medical staff will try their best.
“We all enjoy the way we work, but last season was a very, very tough season and very long, and you need time to recover that. It’s the same case for every team in Europe”.
Spurs travel to CSKA Moscow in the Champions League next week, between Premier League games against Middlesbrough and Manchester City.
Pochettino made three changes for Sunderland’s visit, with Mousa Dembele returning, and Spurs responded with a performance that saw them fire in 31 shots and have 73.8 percent possession as the Black Cats were beaten 1-0.
Kane suffered the injury midway through the second half of Sunday’s victory – which lifted Spurs to third in the Premier League after an unbeaten start to the season – and will end his run of 71 consecutive starts in the league.
Pochettino said: “It’s true that it’s a big opportunity for Janssen to show what he can do and he has to be ready now that Harry is injured”.
“Of course, it’s like an accident, never again the vehicle is the same or never again you know”.
Speaking ahead of the game, Pochettino likened him to the Barcelona star and admits he has the potential to develop into a great player.
“It is hard without him, but we signed Janssen, he’s working very well and he is a striker that can give us a lot of things”.
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“We were dominating the game and we felt comfortable and felt like we needed to keep being patient and moving the ball quicker and knew the chance would come”.
