Tottenham dealt huge Europa League final injury blow as star limps off vs Man Utd

Tottenham have suffered yet another injury blow after Richarlison was forced off the field in the second-half of the Europa League final. He was replaced by Son Heung-min.

Amad Diallo. It comes after Ange Postecoglou preferred Richarlison to Son on the left-wing against Manchester United.

The Spurs captain still had a role to play as he came on with just under half an hour left. Postecoglou was already working with a depleted attack.

Dejan Kulusevski was ruled out for the final with injury, whilst James Maddison also missed out. Lucas Bergvall is sidelined as well and will not play at the weekend either.

For Richarlison, this comes after he had remained fit for almost two months. The former Everton man has had yet another year of problems with calf and hamstring issues keeping him on the treatment table for large periods yet again.

Spurs had earned themselves the lead at Bilbao through Brennan Johnson's scruffy first-half goal. He got on the end of Pape Matar Sarr's cross.

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Luke Shaw deflected the ball past his own goalkeeper, Andre Onana. UEFA awarded the goal to Johnson, though, and it gave Tottenham something to sit back on.

Richarlison had put in a huge effort to help his side in defence. He tracked back to double up on Amad with Destiny Udogie. On the other side, Pedro Porro and Johnson kept Mason Mount quiet.

Tottenham's work was rewarded as Ruben Amorim made changes to try and get his team moving up front. Alejandro Garnacho and Joshua Zirkzee came on for Rasmus Hojlund and Mason Mount, who had been ineffective.

Micky van de Ven had been called on to make a dramatic goal line clearance moments before Richarlison needed to be subbed off.

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