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Ange Postecoglou is hopeful the injuries that forced James Maddison and Dominic Solanke off the pitch against Bodo/Glimt in the Europa League semi-final “are nothing too serious”.
Maddison produced the standout moment of Tottenham’s 3-1 win in the first leg as he controlled an excellent long pass from Pedro Porro and finished, with England manager Thomas Tuchel watching on.
Solanke scored Tottenham’s third from the penalty spot but both players were substituted in the second half after picking up knocks, with Maddison heading straight down the tunnel after feeling a “tweak in his knee”.
Spurs will take a two-goal lead to Bodo for next week’s return leg as they look to end their 17-year trophy drought but the Norwegian champions fired a warning when Ulrik Saltnes pulled one back late on.
And Postecoglou will be hoping Maddison and Solanke will be fit to feature, with Tottenham already without captain Heung Min Son due to injury and Lucas Bergvall joining him on the sidelines after picking up an ankle injury in training.
“Madders felt a tweak in his knee but it doesn't sound like it's anything serious,” Postecoglou said. “Dom was saying something similarly in his quad, but both of them didn't feel it was anything too significant. We thought it was wise just to take him off at that point.”
Postecoglou said it was too early to say if Bergvall would miss the rest of the season after he was seen on the bench with crutches and his foot in a protective boot.
“It’s hugely disappointed for Lucas,” Postecoglou said. “He had a big week resigning with the club and he's had such a great year for us. It's just the way our season's gone, where in training something innocuous like that ends up with him hurting his ankle.
“We'll just assess, over the next few days and let it settle down and we'll find an extent of sees an opportunity for someone else.”
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