Ange Postecoglou calms Micky van de Ven injury fears
The 22-year-old was forced off in the early stages of the second half at Villa Park on Sunday, and he appeared to be holding his hamstring.
Van de Ven has already missed a chunk of action this season due to a hamstring problem, with the Dutchman on the sidelines between the start of November and end of December.
However, Postecoglou does not believe that the centre-back suffered «anything too significant» in the 4-0 victory, suggesting that he will not spend too long out of action.
«I'm not sure, he doesn't think it's anything too significant. So disappointing for him because he was outstanding again up until that point. Great for Radu [Dragusin] to come in, his first significant game-time in a big game and I thought he handled it really well,» the London Evening Standard quotes Postecoglou as saying.
James Maddison, Brennan Johnson, Son Heung-min and Timo Werner scored the goals for Tottenham, with the North London club moving to within two points of fourth-placed Villa in the Premier League table, still with a game in hand on Unai Emery's side.
«The whole game, I was really pleased with the way we handled the whole day. Obviously we knew it was a significant game coming here, tough venue, good opponent,» added the Tottenham boss.
«I just thought, obviously the atmosphere here, they get behind their team. I thought with all that, the context of all that, first half we did really well, just to make them work hard more than anything else, they had to try to contain us, and the threats they had we snuffed out.
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