Tottenham Hotspur failed to get much-needed respite as they stuttered to a 2-2 draw against the dangerous Wolverhampton Wanderers.
To make matters worse, Tottenham suffered another massive injury blow. Left-back Destiny Udogie went down clutching his leg with no one around him and was replaced by Sergio Reguilon.
Udogie will be a massive miss if the injury is worse than expected, especially with the club’s piling concerns.
Cristian Romero, Micky Van de Ven, Guglielmo Vicario, and Ben Davies are all injured. Manager Ange Postecoglou hopes the Udogie injury is not too serious, but it has been coming.
Postecoglou said (via the club website): “I think it was a hamstring. We have been relying on a core group of players because we just couldn’t rotate, so at some point, it was going to catch up with us. Unfortunately, it caught up with Destiny.”
Spurs had won only once in their previous five games and had lost successive matches to Liverpool and Nottingham Forest, languishing in 12th place on the Premier League table.
Postecoglou desperately needed a victory in this clash with the pressure piling, and his boys failed to deliver on the pitch.
Despite trailing early on, Rodrigo Bentancur brought Spurs back into the game, heading in a corner to equalise.
Spurs took the initiative and won a soft penalty, but Son Heung-Min missed the spot-kick. Despite the miss, it did not take long before Brennan Johnson gave Tottenham the lead.
However, a late goal from Jorgen Strand Larsen meant both sides shared the spoils in North London, leaving Postecoglou frustrated.
Postecoglou needs to give Reguilon a chance
Even though he has been sidelined for most of the season, Postecoglou needs to keep Reguilon and give him a chance to prove his mettle.
The Spaniard did not put a foot wrong versus Wolves, winning both his duels while playing one key pass.
Postecoglou might be tempted to stick Djed Spence at left-back when he returns from suspension, but having a natural left-footer there gives Tottenham more fluidity.
Reguilon had a remarkable second half of the season on loan at Brentford last term. He can be useful for Tottenham in the coming months.