After Tottenham Hotspur held Manchester City to a stunning draw at home, Thomas Frank offered an injury update on club captain Cristian Romero and Dominic Solanke
Tottenham Hotspur manager Thomas Frank has confirmed club captain Cristian Romero was withdrawn at half time because he was battling with illness.
The Argentine was hauled off after the first half and replaced by Pape Matar Sarr in the 2-2 draw with Manchester City. Later on in the contest, Spurs fans were also left nervous by the sight of Dominic Solanke limping off the pitch before full-time, so soon after scoring a brilliant second half brace against Pep Guardiola's side.
However, the ex-Chelsea forward eased any worries by stating he is feeling fine and does not expect to miss any football. With cold water poured over any concerns about the former Bournemouth forward, Spurs fans' attention turned to their skipper.
In his post-match interview, Frank said Romero was feeling under the weather before and during the match. The Dane said: "It was illness. He struggled through the Frankfurt game as well but pushed through that. Struggled a bit tonight but we'll see how he is."
Solanke also carried out his own post match interview, which would have been a welcome sight for Spurs fans. The Englishman said: "Yeah I'll be good, just rolled my ankle a little bit, but I'll be fine."
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Frank will be hugely relieved by Romero and Solanke's conditions. He came into the contest with 11 first team players injured.
He was missing forwards James Maddison, Dejan Kulusevski, Mohammed Kudus and Richarlison, as well as midfielders Rodrigo Bentancur, Lucas Bergvall, and defenders Micky van de Ven, Kevin Danso, Ben Davies, Pedro Porro and Djed Spence.
Spurs' injury crisis meant they had to fill their bench with five academy players who are yet to make their senior debut for the club. However, Frank's side were still able to come from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 with the Cityzens.
After the first half, Tottenham fans were fearing a hammering when Rayan Cherki and Antoine Semenyo both found the net in the opening 45 minutes. But Solanke breathed life into the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium with his unusual first goal, before tearing the roof off with his 'Scorpion Kick' equaliser.
However, it does mean Tottenham have gone six Premier League matches without a victory. They have not won domestically since December 28, when they overcame Crystal Palace 1-0 at Selhurst Park.
Spurs finished fourth in the Champions League group phase but are languishing in 14th place. They are 12 points away from fourth placed Manchester United, who overcame Fulham 3-2 in the earlier kick off this afternoon.
With the injury list and their league position in mind, Frank suggested his side may be active on transfer deadline day. When asked if he expects any transfer business, he said: "We are active no doubt about that.
"If something happens let's see. Some of them we hopefully have Cuti is minor, Micky we hope is back for Man United and Djed we hope won't be too long."