Tottenham suffer ANOTHER injury blow as regular starter comes off in Europa League clash with Elfsborg
Tottenham’s injury crisis was deepened on Thursday night as one of their regular starters came off.
Radu Dragusin was forced off in the second half of their 3-0 Europa League clash win over Elfsborg.
The defender looked in agony as he clutched his knee and collapsed to the turf before being hauled off.
Ange Postecoglou is expected to address the injury after the game but it could add another body to an already stacked treatment table.
James Maddison could be sidelined for up to three weeks with a calf issue sustained in Tottenham’s win over Hoffenheim last week.
The club’s remarkable list of absentees also include Brennan Johnson, Dominic Solanke, Destiny Udogie and goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario.
Radu Dragusin was forced off with an apparent knee injury in Tottenham’s clash with Elfsborg
The defender went down in the second half of their 3-0 win and was replaced by Dane Scarlett
The only silver lining from the blow was that Dragusin’s replacement Dane Scarlett scored his first Spurs goal
Besides the injury, it was a joyous night for Spurs as they saw a hat-trick of goals from three academy graduates.
Dane Scarlett, Oyindamola Ajayi, and Mikey Moore all scored their first goals for the club in the final 20 minutes against the Swedish outfit.
Micky van de Ven also made his return from injury, playing for the first time since Spurs’ 4-3 defeat by Chelsea on December 8.
The result means that Tottenham have qualified automatically for the last 16 of the Europa League and avoid the double-leg play-offs.
It is some relief to Postecoglou, who has been feeling the pressure build after only winning one of his last eight Premier League matches.
And there is still lots of work to do domestically, with Spurs sat 15th and in danger of being dragged into the relegation battle.
But a free-scoring second half lifted the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium – particularly as three young guns bagged their first goals for the club – and htey will try to use that new confidence going into their weekend trip to Brentford.
More to follow.
