Jose Mourinho has acknowledged that Son Heung-min has a muscular injury following his early substitution within the 2-1 north London derby defeat away at Arsenal.
In the beginning XI for the twenty eighth time within the Premier League this season, the Spurs attacker was substituted after solely 19 minutes with what seemed to be a hamstring injury after pulling up when working by means of on purpose.
Going all the way down to floor and in want of remedy, Mourinho in the long run substituted Son as Erik Lamela was as an alternative launched.
Perhaps not a shock to many who he ultimately picked up an injury as a result of quantity of video games he is performed this marketing campaign, Mourinho has claimed he does not know the way lengthy his star participant might be on the sidelines for.
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That’s soccer, I don’t know the way lengthy it’s. Is muscular. Muscular is all the time not straightforward,” he defined in his post-match press convention.
“He’s a man that usually he recovers very very nicely from any form of injury. And that’s soccer.
“That’s accumulation of matches. In Europa League I gave him half-hour relaxation, so 90 minus 30 is 60, however 60 remains to be 60.
“And if you end up in so many competitions, some gamers they’ve extra minutes than others, which is regular, one thing that may occur.”
Mourinho’s second substitution not lengthy after the restart noticed Gareth Bale hooked after a quiet night for the participant.
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Starting on the precise once more after his current good kind in entrance of purpose, the Welshman simply could not get himself into the sport and in the long run made method for Moussa Sissoko.
Asked for the rationale why each Bale and Tanguy Ndombele had been introduced off within the second half regardless of them needing a purpose, he stated: “Intensity. Gareth and Tanguy, we want extra depth in that sport. We have to press extra. We have to get extra depth. We have to be extra intense within the sport.
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“We wanted initially Sissoko to provide us that depth in midfield that Tanguy was not bringing.
“And then… Dele was a participant that after all he had a need to play, within the final match he didn’t full 90 minutes, he was contemporary additionally to come back, he has understanding with Harry.
“And on the time I noticed that Lamela and Lucas from the perimeters, would give us extra depth which we didn’t have.”
