‘Problem with his knee’: Conte now sweating over Spurs forward’s fitness following CL win

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Tottenham Hotspur manager Antonio Conte has confirmed that Richarlison suffered a “problem with his knee” in Wednesday night’s Champions League win over Eintracht Frankfurt.

The Spurs boss, speaking to BT Sport – as transcribed by Sky Sports – after the game, said he hoped it was “nothing serious” ahead of their Premier League weekend game.

Richarlison delivered a solid display as Tottenham ran out 3-2 winners against Frankfurt in North London.

The Brazilian was involved in the build-up to Son Heung-min’s opening goal with some good movement and a pass to Kane.

Richarlison worked hard all night, often getting the better of opposition defender Evan N’Dicka.

The 25-year-old came off in the 67th minute, with Oliver Skipp taking his place.

And speaking after the game, Conte revealed that Richarlison came off due to an issue with his knee.

“We work a lot during the week to try to have a good combination between our strikers and today they showed a great link between them,” the Spurs boss said about his front line.

“But also Richy, he played a good game and then had a problem with his knee. I hope it’s nothing serious for Saturday’s game against Everton.”

After such a positive result, it’s not good to hear that one of Tottenham’s key squad members has picked up a knock.

Hopefully it’s not significant, as Spurs’ schedule is so busy and Conte can’t be doing with the injury list piling up.

At the same time, Dejan Kulusevski may be back, so if Richarlison misses the Everton game, the Swede can cover.

And Bryan Gil also delivered a great performance off the bench – could he also come into contention?