Mauricio Pochettino fears Harry Kane of the Spurs is hurt | Soccer

Mauricio Pochettino's happiness in overseeing Manchester City's 1-0 victory in the Champions League was tempered by the loss of Harry Kane, who suffered a new ankle ligament injury. The manager of Tottenham fears to be excluded for the rest of the season.

Son Heung-min scored the goal after 78 minutes, which gave the Spurs an advantage midway through the quarter-final, but Kane's injury cast a shadow over his head. The striker, who suffered a lot of abuse from several City players, launched a powerful challenge against Fabian Delph in the 55th minute and had a bad performance. Delph turned immediately to Kane, who felt that the tackle was late and excessive.

Pochettino had a verbal exchange with Delph and it immediately became apparent that Kane had a serious problem. He was helped in the tunnel towards the cloakroom and left the ground on crutches.

This is the fifth time that Kane has suffered ankle ligament damage. His most recent problem was against Manchester United in January and resulted in a six-week dismissal. He injured his left foot on this occasion and it was the same here. Previously, the damage was still good.

Kane will undergo exams once the swelling is gone, but Pochettino has made it clear that he's expecting the worst. This could also be bad news for England, which will play in the finals of the League of Nations in early June.

Pochettino said, "I'm afraid he'll miss the rest of the season. We hope it is not a big problem and that it will recover as quickly as possible, but it does not look good. If you see the action, it shows that it's twisted the ankle and may have damaged the ligaments again. We will check in the next few days. It's so painful, but what can we do?

Pochettino was asked about his conversation with Delph. "I told him that he was lucky because the referee was checking and maybe the action had gone as planned, it could have been a red card," he said. did he declare. "But I think both fought for the ball and had no intention of hurting themselves. The conversation was very friendly.

It was an evening where controversy erupted. The stewards had to eliminate a pitch invader in the second half, while Pochettino rushed into his technical area to oversee the situation. The Argentine came back shaking his head. Uefa is sure to investigate the incident and it is likely that the Spurs will be punished.

Then there was the City penalty, taken by Sergio Aguero and saved by Hugo Lloris. It was awarded by VAR after which, in real time, had seemed to be a trivial incident. Rehearsals showed that Raheem Sterling's shot caught Danny Rose's arm. "Tonight showed that there was still a lot of work to be done with the system," Pochettino said. "Technically it was a penalty because it was handball, but I did not think there was an intention.

"Yet, I know that every time the ball hits a hand or an arm in the penalty area, the VAR will give a penalty. This will be a big problem and will change the spirit of the game. The protocol needs to be clear. Otherwise, there will be a big problem. "

City lost Bernardo Silva following a muscle injury in training on Monday and Pep Guardiola had to defend his decision to leave with Riyad Mahrez, alongside Ilkay Gündogan, whom he preferred to Kevin De Bruyne.

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He said, "We played an incredible game and we controlled it. The result is not the best but it's just one and in the Champions League, you have to make a comeback. I do not feel that we played bad, even if the result was not good.

"But last season [against Liverpool in the quarter-final first leg]it was a lot worse Sometimes 1-0 is better than 0-0 because what we need to do is clear. We know we have to score goals. "