{"id":295394,"date":"2023-11-28T18:25:16","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T18:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=295394"},"modified":"2023-11-28T18:25:16","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T18:25:16","slug":"rodrigo-bentancur-ruled-out-for-two-months-with-an-ankle-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/rodrigo-bentancur-ruled-out-for-two-months-with-an-ankle-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Rodrigo Bentancur ruled out for two months with an ankle injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Tottenham hit with crushing blow as Rodrigo Bentancur faces TWO MONTHS on the sidelines with an ankle ligament damage caused by Matty Cash&#8217;s lunge&#8230; having only recently recovered from a serious knee injury<\/h1>\n<p>Tottenham have been dealt another crushing injury setback with the news midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur set to miss at least two months with an ankle injury.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Uruguay international made his first start since February after a serious knee injury in Sunday\u2019s loss versus Aston Villa.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But he limped off after a heavy challenge from Matty Cash and following assessment, medics fear he will not be fit to return until February.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It comes as a huge blow to Ange Postecoglou, who is already missing a host of key players &#8211; including James Maddison\u00a0and Mickey van de Ven &#8211; through injury.<\/p>\n<p>Postecoglou had admitted following the 2-1 home defeat against Aston Villa that another injury was the last thing his Tottenham side needed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/28\/17\/78336679-0-image-a-4_1701194212786.jpg\" height=\"434\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Rodrigo Bentancur is facing another two months on the sidelines after suffering an ankle injury<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/28\/18\/78337015-12801237-image-a-10_1701194980617.jpg\" height=\"411\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Bentancur was injured on his first league start since February after a tackle by Matty Cash<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/28\/18\/78337017-12801237-image-a-11_1701195028057.jpg\" height=\"514\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The loss of the Uruguayan midfielder adds to the injury problems facing Ange\u00a0Postecoglou<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It wasn\u2019t a great tackle. I thought he started the game so well,&#8217;\u00a0Postecoglou said on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;That\u2019s the last thing we need \u2014 another injury. We\u2019ve got eight [players injured], Bentancur nine. It\u2019s just the situation we\u2019re in at the minute.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We\u2019ll get through it. It might take a while, but we\u2019ll get through it. I\u2019m sure when you come through the other side, we\u2019ll be a very good football team.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We\u2019ve just got to make sure the players stay focused on what\u2019s important right now.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12801237\/Tottenham-injury-blow-Rodrigo-Bentancur-two-months-ankle.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tottenham hit with crushing blow as Rodrigo Bentancur faces TWO MONTHS on the sidelines with an ankle ligament damage caused<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295393,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rodrigo Bentancur ruled out for two months with an ankle injury - 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