Son Cried After Andre Gomes’ Injury – Dele Alli

Son Heung-min was devastated after his tackle that sent Andre Gomes out of the pitch during Spurs’ 1-1 draw at Goodison Park on Sunday, Dele Alli has said.

It all happened in the 77th minute at Goodison Park with Tottenham leading 1-0, and it made Son receive a straight red as the injury was a horrific sight.

The Korean lunged in on the midfielder as he tried to win back the ball, but could not make any contact with the ball as Gomes went down rolling in pain.

Speaking after the match, Dele Alli said Son cried endlessly even if it was not his fault.

His words, “I didn’t want to look too much at what happened [to Gomes]. All I can do is send him my best wishes and wish him a quick recovery.

“Son is devastated, he’s in tears but it’s not his fault. He’s one of the nicest people you would want to meet and he’s not like that.

“He can’t even lift his head up he’s crying that much in the dressing room.”

On the incident, Jamie Carragher also said, “If you give a red card for that, every challenge is endangering the safety of an opponent. We didn’t want to show it on the replay but I could see it in front of me.

“He actually gets injured in between the two challenges in some ways, and the Son challenge does force him to fall as his leg, unfortunately, gets stuck underneath him just before Aurier comes in.

“I think in the future of this game and on the back of this injury, I don’t think it’s a red card for Son but maybe in the future, if anyone makes a challenge when they know they can’t win the ball, which is what Son has done, I think that may be the next step that we take the game in terms of red cards.”

Gary Lineker said this on Twitter, “Son clearly massively upset. Without the injury he wouldn’t have been shown a red card. He’ll care less about that than injuring a fellow professional so seriously. Such a shame.”