Spurs supporters are terrified after a journalist says they witnessed a star player have difficulty walking following the Villa match.
Reporter Tom Barclay reported that after yesterday’s game, he saw Rodrigo Bentancur hobbling across the mixed zone.
Spurs lost 2-1 on Sunday afternoon at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, their third straight league loss.
Ange was compelled to start a very different Tottenham team from the one that won their first ten games of the campaign.
Bentancur’s comeback, who earned his first start for the squad since February, was the lone bright spot for Spurs before to the match.
But the happiness was short-lived as he sustained an ankle injury as a result of Matty Cash’s reckless tackle, which represents yet another significant loss for the Spurs.
Although Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg took his place when he was forced off, the Tottenham team felt his absence. Barclay, who was covering the game live, posted the most recent information about the midfielder on his X account.
He posted: “Rodrigo Bentancur just came hobbling through the mixed zone, clearly a painful one.”
Rodrigo Bentancur just came hobbling through the mixed zone, clearly a painful one
— Tom Barclay (@TomBarclay_) November 26, 2023
In spite of their depleted time, Spurs attacked Ange’s team nonstop. They were outstanding. Eight of their eighteen shots were on target. The Villa goalie saved several of their shots, and they squandered three clear opportunities and had three goals disallowed for offside.
The home team, who were unfortunate to lose the game without picking up a point, did not perform as well as the final score indicated.
Ange’s situation keeps getting worse as she sustains more injuries and loses more games. For Spurs, who will need to be alert to make multiple acquisitions to bolster their team, January cannot come fast enough.
In a related development:
Tottenham given VAR penalty and Diego Carlos red card verdict vs Aston Villa amid huge issue
Current Tottenham news: following the issues that arose during Spurs’ loss to Aston Villa, former referee Dermot Gallagher delivered his assessment on VAR.
In the early going of their Premier League match on Sunday, Tottenham and Aston Villa experienced some VAR problems. Former Premier League referee Dermot Gallagher has shed some light on what transpired at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. As some broadcasters have reported, there were some VAR glitches that were encountered, but they were promptly fixed.
“The VAR functioned. The issue was that it wasn’t relaying to the ground-level monitor, but the footage was entering Stockley Park and they could see everything,” he said on Sky Sports News’ Ref Watch. Therefore, the VAR would have needed to inform the referee of what he had observed if he had checked a particular occurrence. The official was unable to access the monitor.
He went on to say that the referee was there to officiate the game, despite the difficulties, and that it was still going to commence. The VAR is a safety net. Their time at the mercy of the VAR was limited to ten minutes, during which time it was rectified. It wasn’t working, as everyone below ground understood. The VAR was heard telling the referee, “This has been cleared,” and it was communicated to all of the network hosts. As a result, they were constantly making checks.”
Even though it was only out of commission for a brief period of time, the game began chaotically with many Spurs supporters upset that certain decisions did not go their way. The first came when Brennan Johnson fired a shot back into the danger area that Emiliano Martinez failed to stop after Dejan Kulusevski’s shot struck the post.
Ezri Konsa appeared to handle the ball as a result, and Diego Carlos was lucky to escape after giving up a penalty and being sent off a few seconds later.Roy Keane expressed his disapproval of the incident at halftime, with Bryan Gil seeming to be elbowed in the face by Carlos as he tried to pick up the pieces.
He said, “Silly boy,” on Sky Sports. He must initially believe that he has no chance of winning the ball, but as soon as you raise your elbow in a swinging motion, he is extremely fortunate.” The fact that neither Konsa’s nor Carlos’s event was given a thorough investigation despite the VAR problems is indicative that the Stockley Park staff did not consider it to be a serious incident.
