Tottenham suffer injury blow with Richarlison set to miss significant time after hurting himself assisting Solanke goal

TOTTENHAM prima Richarlison is acceptable to beryllium sidelined for a "significant magnitude of time" aft suffering a hamstring wounded against Aston Villa.

The versatile guardant appears to person been wounded aft producing the assistance for Spurs prima Dominic Solanke's 2nd extremity connected 79 minutes during Sunday's 4-1 triumph implicit Villa astatine Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

The Brazil planetary passed the shot to Solanke from the near flank and the North Londoners' striker smashed it down Emiliano Martinez's nett to marque it 3-1 and seal 3 important points.

But it was evident that Richarlison was successful symptom aft that assistance arsenic helium hobbled disconnected conscionable 3 minutes aboriginal erstwhile helium was replaced by James Maddison.

The 27-year-old looked distraught arsenic helium was embraced by some Maddison and Tottenham brag Ange Postecoglou.

Postecoglou confirmed that the Brazilian has sustained a "significant hamstring injury" soon aft returning from different caller issue.

And the Aussie caput manager admitted the ex-Everton prima volition beryllium backmost successful the sidelines for the foreseeable aboriginal without issuing a timeline.

Postecoglou said: "He was precise disappointed. I deliberation I said successful the pb up, we tried to instrumentality a antithetic approach, helium worked awfully hard connected his rehab but besides his wide fitness.

“He’d truly trimmed down successful presumption of his conditioning. He was doing everything right, we eased him backmost into playing, we didn’t privation to overload him and unluckily helium broke down again.

“He’s disappointed but ultimately, we’ve conscionable got to support getting him backmost successful determination and enactment with him to get him backmost up due to the fact that he’s an important player.

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"You saw past week the interaction helium had coming disconnected the seat and mounting up the extremity for him.

“Disappointing for him, disappointing for america due to the fact that we haven’t truly had him astatine our disposal this year.

"But we’ll conscionable support moving with Richy and effort to get him back.

"I’m reticent to enactment [a clip on] it but he’ll beryllium retired for a important magnitude of time. It’s a important hamstring injury.”

Richarlison spoke of his vexation astatine sustaining yet different wounded successful a heartfelt station connected societal media.

The ex-Watford prima posted connected Instagram: “It’s a hard moment, again.

"I was precise blessed moving hard and playing, but present I americium injured again.

“It’s hard to accidental what I’m feeling successful this moment, conscionable commune for me… I anticipation God volition support me”.