London: Tottenham Hotspur defeated Manchester City 1-0 in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final on Tuesday which overshadowed Harry Kane's season-ending injury.
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In the 78th minute of the match, South Korea's Son Heung-min fired a shot past Ederson to give Tottenham a slender advantage to protect at the Etihad Stadium next week.
However, Kane's injury could appear as a big headache for Tottenham when they will lock horns with Manchester City in the second leg on April 18. It is believed that England striker could eve miss the run-in to Tottenham's season, having already had a lengthy spell on the sidelines with an injury to the ankle in January when he damaged ligaments.“We are very sad and disappointed. We are going to miss him, maybe for the rest of the season, and we are worried about that. He doesn’t have much time to recover,” Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino said. “We’ll see in the next few days. We can only look forward and hope it’s not a big issue and that he can recover as soon as possible, but it doesn’t look good.”Pochettino exchanged angry words with Fabian Delph as he punched the boot on Kane's ankle as the pair fought for the ball.
“He was so aggressive with Harry after the action,” Pochettino said. “I tried to explain to him that it wasn’t the intention of Harry or him to damage each other, it was a tough action, and Harry twisted his ankle.“I said to Delph, ‘You were lucky’, because they were checking the VAR and technically it could have been a red card. But I think both were fighting for the ball.”Meanwhile, Tottenham displayed great discipline against a shaky Manchester City who surprisingly left Kevin de Bruyne on the bench until the 89th minute, but Pochettino still reckons his side are underdogs to reach their first Champions League semi-final.
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With this defeat, Manchester City lost all of five of their European matches against English opponents, including both legs of last year’s quarter-final against Premier League title rivals Liverpool.
The Citizen has also not won a European tie on aggregate after an away first-leg loss since beating Gornik Zabrze in the 1970/71 European Cup Winners’ Cup quarter-finals.
