Rodrigo Bentancur: Tottenham midfielder out for two weeks, to miss Arsenal game due to concussion protocols

Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou said Rodrigo Bentancur will be out for two weeks after sustaining a concussion during his side’s 1-0 League Cup victory over Liverpool on Wednesday.

The first half of the semi-final encounter saw the Uruguay international fall to the ground unchallenged from a corner kick as he stretched to head the ball.

Bentancur was treated on the pitch for around nine minutes, where he received oxygen, before being taken to hospital.

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Postecoglou, however, has confirmed that the midfielder merely sustained a concussion from the incident and would miss the next four games, in accordance with the Premier League's concussion protocols.

"All good. He's back home and he's fine. He is feeling good," Postecoglou said, ahead of Tottenham’s FA Cup third round tie with National League side Tamworth.

"Thankfully, it looks like a concussion and nothing more than it.

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"Obviously, you follow the protocols now and it's a couple of weeks where you have to make sure everything is okay."

He added: "It was distressing and you saw Pedro [Porro] as the first one there and you kind of knew that it was a distressing situation.

"But I thought the lads and the medical team handled it well and thankfully all was good."

Spurs won the game at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium 1-0 courtesy of Lucas Bergvall's late strike.

Postecoglou said that beyond Bentancur’s absence, Tottenham had no new injury problems ahead of their game against Tamworth on Sunday.

"Nothing coming out of the other night [against Liverpool], everyone got through that pretty well.

"No one really coming back in from the guys who have been absent, apart from Pape [Sarr] and [James] Maddison who are available [returning from suspension]."

Tottenham face Tamworth on Sunday, before travelling to rivals Arsenal on January 15, which will be live on TNT Sports and discovery+.

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