Rodrigo Bentancur ‘feeling good’ after suffering concussion – Ange Postecoglou
Bentancur appeared to headbutt the floor following a corner in the sixth minute of Spurs’ 1-0 win over Liverpool.
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Your support makes all the difference.Ange Postecoglou has revealed Tottenham midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur is back home and doing fine after his sickening head injury during Wednesday’s Carabao Cup tie with Liverpool.
Bentancur was substituted in the 15th minute of a 1-0 victory over Liverpool after he required lengthy treatment having appeared to headbutt the floor from a corner after six minutes.
Spurs full-back Pedro Porro was first to help his team-mate and Postecoglou confirmed Bentancur is now going through concussion protocols, which rules him out of Sunday’s trip to non-league club Tamworth in the FA Cup third round.
“Good news, thankfully. He was in the hospital, obviously, and did all the tests in terms of just checking, making sure that everything was okay. He’s back home, and he’s fine,” Postecoglou told in-house media.
“He’s feeling good. We will obviously follow the protocols now. I think it’s a couple of weeks where you’ve just got to make sure that everything’s okay, but, thankfully, it looks like a concussion but nothing more than that.
“It was distressing, you saw especially Pedro, he was the first one there, and knew it was a distressing situation.
“I thought the lads handled it well and our medical team handled it well, and, as I say, thankfully all good.”