Henrikh Mkhitaryan will miss at least the next three games after suffering
medial knee ligament damage in the first leg — so Danny Welbeck could continue on the left after impressing against Southampton.
Not exact matches
Scans revealed Abbas suffered tears to both the anterior cruciate
ligament and
medial ligamnent, whilst also
damaging the capsule at the back of his left
knee.
At the end of January, the Yorkshire - born defender suffered
medial ligament damage to his left
knee, requiring further surgery to resolve the injury in May.
Spurs were forced to cope without Vertonghen for nine games last season when he missed nine Premier League games due to
medial collateral
ligament damage in his
knee, which left Pochettino with just Kevin Wimmer, Eric Dier and Alderweireld as his only senior central defenders.