Tottenham Hotspur went 1-0 down at Sunderland in the second half of a must-win game and moments later they lost their captain Cristian Romero to injury.
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Romero was pushed by Sunderland striker Brian Brobbey as he shielded the ball back to back-up goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky. That led to Romero colliding with Kinsky and he stayed down and received lengthy treatment.
Kinsky suffered a head injury and had a cut cleaned up and bandaged after the collision with Romero, but the Spurs captain and Argentina center back couldn’t carry on. Kevin Danso replaced Romero and as Romero walked off the pitch he was in tears.
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The latest injury update on Cristian Romero arrived from Spurs manager Roberto De Zerbi from the Stadium of Light.
“I am sorry for the result, I am sorry for the Romero injury. I hope for us and for him as well it is not something important,” Roberto De Zerbi told Sky Sports after the game.
Losing Romero for any length of time would be a huge blow for Spurs in their quest to stay in the Premier League, as they sit in the relegation zone with six games to go and just over a month of the campaign remaining.
Romero also has the World Cup coming up with Argentina this summer, so they will be sweating on his fitness.