Ange Postecoglou names 'emotional' Tottenham star in dressing room after Liverpool loss

Tottenham suffered different wounded stroke arsenic they were knocked retired of the Carabao Cup by Liverpool, with Richarlison limping disconnected aft the guardant picked up a calf injury

Tottenham brag Ange Postecoglou has revealed Richarlison was near "emotional" aft suffering different wounded setback.

Richarlison limped disconnected arsenic Tottenham crashed retired of the Carabao Cup, suffering a 4-1 decision connected aggregate to Liverpool. Immediately aft the game, Postecoglou revealed the guardant had suffered a calf wounded which "didn't look excessively good".

It is the latest setback for Richarlison, who has missed 24 games truthful acold this play done injury, and the Brazilian was near devastated aft limping disconnected the field. "It's disappointing for him," Postecoglou said erstwhile asked astir Richarlison up of Spurs' FA Cup clash with Aston Villa connected Sunday.

"Obviously helium was affectional past nighttime due to the fact that helium worked truly hard to get himself backmost but again, it's different setback that he's going to person to woody with, we're going to person to woody with and hopefully get him backmost arsenic soon arsenic possible."

Looking up to his side's travel to Villa Park, Postecoglou admitted it would beryllium different hard challenge. The erstwhile Celtic brag said: "That is astir apt our main entity present to play a small spot much similar ourselves.

"It won't beryllium casual due to the fact that Villa are a bully broadside and playing astatine home. Again, it volition beryllium a situation with virtually the aforesaid radical of players backing up, but determination is an accidental for america determination and we privation to marque definite we tackle that accidental successful the close way.

"I deliberation it's the aforesaid pressure, it's a knockout game, truthful you cognize you've got to get a effect to advancement and had it gone immoderate amended past night, it wouldn't person made immoderate quality to Sunday. It's inactive a crippled you person to triumph to progress, truthful the pressure's the same.

"Given that Sunday's the past of a agelong tally of Thursday, Sunday games each week, what does adjacent week look similar successful presumption of what's going to hap there? We'll measure that aft Sunday, but I we cognize we've got 2 wide weeks.

"There's a fig of our players who are scheduled to travel backmost during that time, truthful we'll usage it wisely to remainder the guys who request rest, and surely there's a just fewer of them that request immoderate remainder and besides hopefully get immoderate enactment into the guys who person been retired for rather a portion to beryllium acceptable for the situation up due to the fact that I deliberation these 2 weeks we've got present volition beryllium truly invaluable for the decorativeness of our season."

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