Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur was taken to the hospital after suffering a head injury in the Carabao Cup.
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Bentancur suffers head injury
Bentancur collapsed on the field in the 14th minute of his team’s Carabao Cup semifinal against Liverpool.
Medical staff immediately ran onto the field as the Uruguay international lay face down.
The 27-year-old attempted to head a ball that had been curled in from the right in the sixth minute.
He was carried off the field, and fans applauded as Bentancur gave a thumbs-up to the Spurs bench on his way off.
The injury occurred with the score tied at 0-0 in the first-leg match.
Spurs went on to win 1-0 in the first leg after a late goal from 18-year-old Lucas Bergvall.
“Conscious and talking”
Speaking after the match, Tottenham coach Ange Postecoglou said: “I don’t want to speculate because I don’t really know [what happened to Bentancur] either.
“All I know is he was conscious when he came off. Obviously it was some sort of head injury, but he was conscious when he was coming off the field.”
“And he’s been taken to the hospital for observation. But I’m not really clear on how it happened. Unless I get a doctor out here, I’m not going to speculate because it’s just not fair on people around him.”
“But it was a head injury. And there was concern from players out there so obviously there was something going on.”
In a club statement issued at half-time, Spurs said: “Rodrigo is conscious, talking and will go to hospital for further checks.”
