Rodrigo Bentancur left a heartfelt message to our supporters after returning to action for the primary time in over 8 months in our victory over Crystal Palace final night time (27 October).
After maintaining a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee at Leicester City on 11 February, the midfielder’s inclusion within the matchday squad turned into a massive increase beforehand of kick-off and made his comeback in the last stages as we secured a 2-1 win at Selhurst Park.
A key participant considering that his circulate from Juventus, there has been a lovely second as ‘Lolo’ acquired a worrying pep speak from Ange Postecoglou earlier than coming on for Dejan Kulusevski, who met his former Juve teammate with a heat include, on ninety mins with the scoreline at 2-zero to huge applause from our travelling supporters in south London.
It changed into a memorable night time for Rodrigo who then nearly marked his comeback with a goal slightly a minute later, however in advance goals courtesy of Joel Ward’s personal goal and Heung-Min Son’s 8th of the marketing campaign were sufficient to earn us the 3 factors no matter a overdue scare whilst Jordan Ayew scored halfway thru the 8 minutes of second-half stoppage time.
In a night time full of headlines as we prolonged our unbeaten begin underneath Ange to 10 matches and moved five factors clean on the top of the Premier League, the Uruguay worldwide’s involvement changed into a giant story given his significance and popularity at the Club which become clear to see in the submit-match scenes when he changed into mobbed via teammates and acquired appreciation from our adoring fanatics.
It has been a protracted street to restoration for the 26-yr-old who has missed 28 video games since his harm but the support and love proven during his rehabilitation has helped him come back more potent, taking to his Instagram to say: “The recovery method has been very lengthy and hard but thanks to the assist of my notable circle of relatives, my pals, the club and the fans, I’m finally lower back and I couldn’t be happier.
“Yesterday it was a special day for me and now I just want to enjoy football, give my best and help my team-mates who have been by my side every day and have been doing a fantastic job in this first part of the season.
“Thank you all ❤️”
There turned into greater from the Uruguay international on social media, posting a video to reveal his appreciation to our supporters: “Hi all, how are you Spurs fanatics?”
“Thank you for your help today once I turned into away for goodbye. I’m very happy to come back in spite of everything this this time.”
“We’re at the proper path and I desire to offer my all. A large hug to everybody and way to absolutely everyone.”
