Micky van de Ven was pressured off by way of inury in Tottenham’s 4-0 win at Aston Villa within the Premier League on Sunday, however supervisor Ange Postecoglou believes the Dutch defender doesn’t have a major downside.
Spurs sealed a formidable victory because of second-half objectives from James Maddison, Brennan Johnson, Son Heung-min and Timo Werner – the final two in added time after Villa had been lowered to 10 males following a crimson card for John McGinn after 65 minutes.
However the one unfavourable for the north London membership was an harm to Van de Ven, who was pressured off after 49 minutes at Villa Park and changed by January signing Radu Dragusin.
Requested after the sport how critical he thought Van de Ven’s harm was, Postecoglou stated: “I’m unsure, he would not suppose it’s something too vital. So disappointing for him as a result of he was excellent once more up till that time.”
And he added: “Nice for Radu [Dragusin] to come back in, his first vital sport time in a giant sport and I believed he dealt with it rather well.”
Tottenham stay fifth within the Premier League, however are actually simply two factors behind fourth-placed Villa and have a sport in hand over Unai Emery’s facet.
“[We were] oustanding in all sides,” Postecoglou stated. “Within the first half we made them work exhausting and we had been fairly assured it will bear fruit within the second half.
“And we maintained that tempo, depth, with our urgent, then the standard of our soccer within the second half was outatanding.
“They are a good workforce, particularly right here at house. It was a giant sport, vital, so for them to carry out like that – it was a credit score to everybody.”
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