{"id":293595,"date":"2023-11-09T18:24:31","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T18:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=293595"},"modified":"2023-11-09T18:24:31","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T18:24:31","slug":"micky-van-de-ven-will-not-require-surgery-after-injury-vs-chelsea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/micky-van-de-ven-will-not-require-surgery-after-injury-vs-chelsea\/","title":{"rendered":"Micky van de Ven 'will not require surgery' after injury vs Chelsea"},"content":{"rendered":"
Micky van de Ven will reportedly not need surgery on the hamstring injury that hauled him off in Tottenham’s 4-1 defeat to Chelsea.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The centre-back pulled up clutching his hamstring\u00a0after a footrace with Nicolas Jackson towards the end of the first half and was replaced by Eric Dier.\u00a0<\/p>\n
There are fears he could be out for months\u00a0after he was helped off the field.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In welcome news for Spurs fans, The Athletic\u00a0reports that the 22-year-old won’t require surgery on the injury, though he could still be out for some time.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Van de Ven has been in shining form since joining in the summer for \u00a343million from Wolfsburg, where he once suffered a similar injury and was out for around ten weeks.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Micky van de Ven will reportedly not need surgery after his hamstring injury against Chelsea<\/p>\n
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The Tottenham defender was substituted in the first half after a footrace with Nicolas Jackson<\/p>\n
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His loss is a significant blow for Ange Postecoglou and he could still be out for some time<\/p>\n
His speed has helped Ange Postecoglou enforce a high defensive line, a key component of his footballing philosophy.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Postecoglou described the severity of his injury as ‘pretty significant’ in the immediate aftermath of the game against Chelsea.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It was a thoroughly miserable day for Spurs who also lost James Maddison to injury and received two red cards.<\/p>\n
Minutes after Van de Ven’s withdrawal, Maddison went down in the penalty area and was replaced by\u00a0Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, though Postecoglou seemed less worried about his knock.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Cristian Romero fouled Enzo Fernandez to give away a penalty in the first period and Destiny Udogie saw red after the break.<\/p>\n
Spurs had taken the lead through Dejan Kulusevski just six minutes in, but Cole Palmer levelled from the penalty spot after 35 minutes.<\/p>\n
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James Maddison also had to come off in the 4-1 defeat, though his blow is not seen to be as bad<\/p>\n
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Jackson stoled the headline with a late hat-trick on a torrid day for Spurs, involving two injuries and two red cards<\/p>\n
A nine-man Spurs battled hard and retained their risky high line but eventually came unstuck to a Jackson hat-trick.<\/p>\n
Jackson scored in the 75th minute and added two more in stoppage time to hand Postecoglou his first league defeat as Spurs manager and give Mauricio Pochettino a crucial London derby win.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
It was one of the craziest Premier League games of all time, with crunching challenges, petulant kicks, penalty claims, disallowed goals, potential elbows, and a full-blooded atmosphere.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mark Clattenburg likened it to a sequel to the Battle of Stamford Bridge in 2016, where Spurs threw away a 2-0 lead to draw 2-2 and surrendered their pursuit of Leicester City in the Premier League title race.\u00a0<\/p>\n