Another Tottenham star has appeared to have picked up an injury while on international duty.
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The international break has not been overly kind to Tottenham, with another player picking up what looked to be an injury on Monday night. Spurs lost Yves Bissouma to another injury on Sunday, with the midfielder requiring a strettcher to leave the pitch just minutes after coming on for Mali in his first appearance in months following an injury.
It looks as though Bissouma will miss a chunk of time, though we don’t yet have full details of the injury. On Monday night, Wales had the opportunity to take control of their qualifying group, but they were outclassed by Belgium at home.
Former Spurs man Joe Rodon put Wales ahead, but Kevin De Bruyne scored a penaltysoon after, and Thomas Meunier flipped the game on its head. Wales hung around in the game but it was decided when De Bruyne scored a second from the spot in the 76th minute. Nathan broadhead pulled one back late in the game, but Leandro trossard scored almost instantly to keep it out of reach.
The result means Belgium are four points ahead of Wales having played the same number of games and one point ahead of North Macedonia with a game in-hand. The Red Devils don’t have to play any of those two teams again, so they are now likely to be World Cup bound, while Wales and North Macedonia will scrap it out for a playoff spot.
Wales need four points from their last two games to guarantee a play-off spot, facing Liechtenstein away and North Macedonia at home in their final two games.
As for the Belgium games, Tottenham star Ben Davies had a torrid time marky Jeremy Doku, and he went down late in the game, ultimately needing to be replaced due to complaints of an injury. It did not look overly serious, but the Wales captain had to come off, and that would suggest he will be a doubt for Sunday’s clash with Aston Villa.
Spurs players rated
WalesOnline have Davies a 5/10 for his performance, reasoning: “No player made more tackles, but to be honest he was given the runaround by Doku and co on his 100th outing. Subbed.”
As for Brennan Johnson, who came of the bench near the hour-mark, the report added: “Brennan Johnson (on for Brooks 58) - Didn't really have much of an impact - 5.”
Bellamy’s verdict
Speaking after the game, Wales boss Bellamy said of the defeat: “We wanted top spot. Because we go straight through. Straight through to our goal. But I'm aware of where we are, of what the Nations League brought us, and if we finish second we know there's another opportunity.
“But to me, I love playing against top teams. It's so good. Your heart's in your mouth at times and you're really living on the edge. I saw a lot today that made me feel we can get close to these. We need to keep improving and keep tweaking. But I told you at the start when I was going to do this. I'm going to press.
"I'm not sitting back. I know that gets against some people, but this is who I am. Today I saw a team with flaws, because I have them, a team that wants to do something because I want to. I have to compliment the players on that. I'm grateful for that."