Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou rued the ‘hugely disappointing’ injury suffered by Cristian Romero during his side’s 4-3 defeat to Chelsea on Sunday.
Spurs threw away a two-goal lead as Chelsea beat their London rivals thanks to a brace from Cole Palmer and goals from Jadon Sancho and Enzo Fernandez.
Postecoglou named Romero and Micky Van de Ven in his starting line-up, much to the surprise of Tottenham supporters.
The pair have missed the last month of action through injury but they passed late fitness tests to start.
However, Romero lasted just 14 minutes on his return to action and was visibly distraught as he had to be substituted.
And Postecoglou admits the side may now be without the Argentine for another extended period following an injury to his leg.
‘Romero is just obviously hugely disappointing,’ Postecoglou said.
‘He felt something in his quad. He trained really well. He wasn’t the one I was worried about, to be honest, but it’s just the way the season’s going for us unfortunately.
‘So we just have to wait and see.’
Van De Ven came off in the second half and was seen stretching his hamstring.
However, Postecoglou says the Dutchman’s removal was planned and that Brennan Johnson was suffering through illness.
‘Brennan just didn’t feel well. He didn’t feel well at half-time, but he wanted to give it a go, but he just wasn’t feeling 100 per cent, so I had to take him off,’ said the Australian.
‘And then, well, the plan was always for Micky to play 60, 70 [minutes] today. Obviously, I thought Romero would be okay to play 90, but Mickey, probably 60,70.’
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