Tottenham: Ange Postecoglou provides Lucas Bergvall injury update after fresh Spurs blow | OneFootball

Midfielder picked up ankle injury training and missed Europa League semi-final win

Setback: Tottenham face a wait to see if Lucas Bergvall will play again this season

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Bergvall watched from the sidelines on crutches and wearing a protective boot on his right ankle as Spurs beat the Norwegians in their Europa League semi-final first leg in north London.

According to Postecoglou, the Sweden midfielder "tweaked" his ankle in training on Wednesday and the head coach says he does not know if the teenager will play again this season.

"It's too early to assess," Postecoglou said after the game."You know, it's just the way our season's gone on unfortunately, it's just hugely disappointing for Lucas, he was obviously really excited. He had a big week, re-signing [a contract] with the club and he's had such a great year for us.

Tottenham are in control of the semi-final tie at the halfway stage

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"It's just the way our season's gone, where in training something innocuous like that ends up with him hurting his ankle. We'll just assess over the next few days, let it settle down and we'll find the extent of it."

Spurs got off to the perfect start against Glimt when Brennan Johnson headed them into a 38-second lead and a cute James Maddison finish and Dominic Solanke's penalty put them in total control of the tie.

But the visitors earned a potentially significant foothold ahead of next week's decider in Norway through a late Ulrik Saltnes strike.

"It puts us in a good position," said Postecoglou. "I thought the players were outstanding today, I thought our performance was everything it needed to be, really well organized and disciplined defensively and really calm going forward and created good opportunities for ourselves and maintaining pressure.

"Obviously they scored the goal late, which doesn't I think reflect our dominance in the game, but if we repeat that performance next week it'll be enough for us to get through."