Son Heung-min suffers head injury in Tottenham’s win over Marseille

Tottenham experienced an damage scare on an usually high-quality Champions League night as Son Heung-min was compelled off with a head injuries.

Spurs experienced to struggle back from a intention down in the south of France, with plans from Clement Lenglet and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg at some point securing a 2-1 get that observed them qualify for the knockout stages as team winners.

However, it wasn’t all good news as influential South Korean star Son experienced a horrible blow to the head in the initial half. Son challenged for a header with previous Newcastle defender Chancel Mbemba, who appeared to capture him with his shoulder.

After a prolonged stoppage, a plainly dazed and rattled Son was assisted off the pitch leaving Spurs to get worried about how long any absence may be.  

“I liked it when we received,” Tottenham assistant Cristian Stellini explained whilst standing in for Antonio Conte for the post-match media responsibilities.

Conte himself was serving a touchline ban adhering to the controversial video game versus Sporting Lisbon very last 7 days, and Stellini states that had taken it is toll on the Italian.

“I spoke with Antonio,” he claimed. “He’s exhausted for the reason that to check out from the crowd is not usual. He squandered a whole lot of vitality. It’s greater to stay on the touchline mainly because you reside the activity like the players are performing.”