Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur was carried off on a stretcher within the 14th minute of his workforce’s Carabao Cup semifinal in opposition to Liverpool on Wednesday after falling to the bottom at a nook.
Medical workers instantly ran onto the sector because the Uruguay worldwide lay face down on the turf, with gamers from each groups trying involved.
Spurs posted on X at half-time to say that Bentancur “is acutely aware, speaking and can go to hospital for additional checks.”
Asked in regards to the incident after the sport, Spurs head coach Ange Postecoglou mentioned: “I do not wish to speculate as a result of I do not actually know [what happened to Bentancur] both.
“All I do know is he was acutely aware when he got here off. Obviously it was some kind of head damage, however he was acutely aware when he was coming off the sector.
“And he is been taken to the hospital for remark. But I’m probably not clear on the way it occurred. Unless I get a health care provider out right here, I’m not going to take a position as a result of it is simply not truthful on folks round him.
“But it was a head damage. And there was concern from gamers on the market so clearly there was one thing occurring.”
Bentancur, 27, had tried to move a ball that had been curled in from the fitting within the sixth minute.
Fans applauded as he was carried off the sector, and Bentancur gave a thumbs as much as the Spurs bench on his method off.
The damage occurred with the rating tied at 0-0 on the time within the first-leg match. Spurs went on to win 1-0 after a late aim from 18-year-old Lucas Bergvall.
