Tottenham followers bemoan lack of ‘monster’ Micky van de Ven as the important thing defender limps off with one other damage setback in opposition to Aston Villa TERMAN WEBSITE

Tottenham followers have bemoaned the lack of Micky van de Ven after the centre again limped off in opposition to Aston Villa with an damage.

Van de Ven was compelled off 4 minutes into the second half with the Dutchman having blocked an Aston Villa shot within the penalty space.

The 22-year-old appeared to have suffered a hamstring damage and was commiserated by Spurs boss Ange Postecoglou after being withdrawn.

Van de Ven had beforehand missed 9 Premier League matches earlier this season after struggling a hamstring tear in opposition to Chelsea in November.

Tottenham followers expressed concern on the newest damage blow suffered by the Dutchman, who has been a key participant since becoming a member of for £43m from Wolfsburg final summer season.

Micky van de Ven was compelled off within the opening minutes of the second half at Villa Park

Van de Ven was commiserated by Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou as he got here off

Van de Ven had beforehand missed 9 matches earlier this season attributable to a hamstring damage

‘Solely a matter of time earlier than Micky van de Ven received injured once more,’ one fan wrote.

‘An excessive amount of strain and reliance on him to make final gasp tackles.’

‘Van de Ven attributable to be a high three finest centre again on the planet in a number of years. If he can keep match imo,’ one other claimed.

Rival followers additionally praised the Dutch defender and highlighted the blow to Spurs prospects.

‘Van de Ven damage is such a blow to Spurs, monster of a participant,’ mentioned one, with one other writing ‘have to be irritating for Spurs followers that. Van de Ven is high quality however appears to actually wrestle with accidents.’

Spurs had used full backs Ben Davies and Emerson Royal at centre again amid an damage disaster earlier this season.

Postecoglou as a substitute was capable of flip to Radu Dragusin, with the Romanian bolstering Spurs backline after becoming a member of from Genoa in January.

Tottenham bounced again from the setback to attain twice after Van de Ven’s damage, with James Maddison and Brennan Johnson incomes a 2-0 lead in opposition to their rivals for Champions League qualification.