Spurs boss Postecoglou says Bentancur ‘feeling good’ after concussion

Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou has said Rodrigo Bentancur is back home and doing fine after his concerning head injury during Wednesday’s League Cup semi-final tie with Liverpool.

The Uruguay midfielder stooped to head a corner after seven minutes at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and stayed on the ground after falling unchallenged, with full-back Pedro Porro the first to go to the aid of his stricken team-mate.

Bentancur received medical attention for nine minutes before he was replaced by Brennan Johnson in an eventual 1-0 semi-final first leg win over Liverpool, the Premier League leaders.

Postecoglou confirmed Bentancur is now going through concussion protocols, with the 27-year-old ruled out of Sunday’s trip to non-league club Tamworth in the third round of the FA Cup as a result.

“Good news, thankfully,” Postecoglou said Friday. 

“He was in the hospital, obviously, and did all the tests in terms of just checking, making sure that everything was okay. He’s back home, and he’s fine.”

The Australian, speaking to the club’s media channels, added: “He’s feeling good. We will obviously follow the protocols now. I think it’s a couple of weeks where you’ve just got to make sure that everything’s okay, but, thankfully, it looks like a concussion but nothing more than that.

“It was distressing, you saw especially Pedro, he was the first one there, and knew it was a distressing situation. I thought the lads handled it well and our medical team handled it well, and, as I say, thankfully all good.”

Bentancur had only recently returned to action following a seven-game ban for using a racial slur about team-mate Son Heung-min.