Latest Tottenham Hotspur injury news as Thomas Frank answers Cristian Romero injury concerns after draw against Burnley at Turf Moor
Tottenham Hotspur manager Thomas Frank says Cristian Romero was merely suffering from cramp after being replaced with what looked like an injury in the 2-2 draw with Burnley.
Spurs had gone ahead at Turf Moor when Micky van de Ven struck during the first-half, however the Clarets hit back and managed to turn things around when Lyle Foster put the hosts 2-1 in front with 14 minutes of normal time remaining.
The visitors pressed for an equaliser and it appeared as though the opportunity to equalise would go begging in injury time when Xavi Simons hit the crossbar.
However, that was not the end of it and captain Romero scored with a bullet header, rifled into the roof of Martin Dubravka's goal, rescuing a point for Frank's side.
The goal prompted wild celebrations from Romero himself. In the madness, the goalscorer kicked the electronic advertising boards in front of the travelling Spurs supporters.
Though the exact origin of the issue was unclear, Romero was seen clutching the back of his left leg afterwards and Frank was forced to bring Radu Dragusin on in his place for the remainder of stoppage time.
"Romero was cramping in the end," the Spurs boss told football.london at full-time.
After half-time Pedro Porro had also been removed with Destiny Udogie called upon. Frank added: "Pedro was physical, played a lot of minutes, we had more running power with Djed to the right and then Destiny in."
Losing Romero to injury after his contribution this weekend would come as a significant blow to Spurs, who have a nightmare run of fixtures approaching.
First, Frank's men travel to Eintracht Frankfurt in a crunch Champions League clash which will decide whether they qualify automatically for the tournament's round of 16.
Then Spurs go on a run of Premier League fixtures facing Manchester City (H), Manchester United (A), Newcastle United (H) and Arsenal (H) throughout February.
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Were results in Europe to go against them on Wednesday night, they would be required to contest a two-legged Champions League play-off to reach the round of 16. Those extra matches would be sandwiched inside that difficult run of domestic games.
After Saturday's draw, Frank commented it was "fantastic" to see his two central defenders get on the scoresheet though demanded more from his attackers.
"That is very positive. But of course you need more from your offensive players," he began. "They know it. They work very hard on it. It's not that they don't want. But of course we need that.
"The day we add that together, plus defending a tiny bit better, then we will win."