Tottenham lose Dominic Solanke and Brennan Johnson for 'weeks' as injury crisis worsens again

Solanke and Johnson were among 10 first-team players missing done wounded arsenic Postecoglou's broadside extended their dreadful tally successful the Premier League to 1 triumph successful 10 matches with a 3-2 decision astatine Everton, for which the caput manager took responsibility.

"It's a beauteous utmost situation, we've mislaid 3 players, important players since the past crippled and we've already got 7 oregon 8 out," said Postecoglou, who was besides without midfielder Yves Bissouma connected Merseyside owed to a knock.

"Obviously we mislaid Dom truly precocious yesterday successful training, thing innocuous, truthful it's conscionable the tally we're connected astatine the moment, the concern we're in.

"At immoderate constituent that volition change, we'll get immoderate players back, but close present it's conscionable the concern we're dealt and the work lies squarely with maine to effort to get america retired of it.

"[Solanke's injury] was conscionable 1 of these things and helium conscionable benignant of went to sprout connected his ain and benignant of twisted it, truthful we don't deliberation it's serious, but astir apt a fewer weeks astatine this signifier from what I've heard.

"[With Johnson] it's astir apt 3 oregon 4 weeks, helium did it successful the 2nd fractional against Arsenal the different night. So yeah, we're looking astatine 3 to 4 weeks. Biss was a knock, we're hoping that helium should beryllium close by adjacent weekend.

"We had 11 oregon 12 missing contiguous and we've got to spot however Rodri's [Rodrigo Bentancur] going done the [concussion] protocols. Apart from him, nary 1 other is truly owed to travel back.

"We've got a European crippled connected Thursday, we evidently can't usage Djed [Spence] oregon [Sergio] Reguilon successful that, truthful we're successful this situation."