Ange Postecoglou is hopeful injury-hit Tottenham will have reinforcements for Thursday’s trip to Bournemouth. Dominic Solanke was the latest Spurs player to join a growing list of absentees after he was sent home unwell on the morning of Sunday’s 1-1 draw with Fulham.

Tottenham Hotspur captain Son Heung-min has had his fair share of struggles in the ongoing campaign. While injuries have obviously taken their toll on the 32-year-old, who has also had to make a few trips to and from South Korea over the international breaks,

Ange Postecoglou appeared to aim a dig at some of Tottenham ’s Premier League rivals, criticising overblown reactions to less severe injury crises than he feels his side are currently enduring.

Tottenham Hotspur were booed off after failing to beat Fulham on home soil, Marco Silva's men taking a share of the spoils in Sunday's London derby

However, Tottenham have some high quality players with Pep Guardiola lauding Kulusevski which shows they have enough quality in their squad. And the £25m Kulusevski is now showing true leadership which he may have brought over from captaining his nation.

Argentine has joined Micky van de Ven on the sidelines to create worrying defensive shortage against the champions

Tottenham Hotspur boss Ange Postecoglou said critics of his side's inability to follow up last weekend's rout of Manchester City with a win were looking for "easy targets" after Spurs were held to a 1-1 draw by 10-man Fulham.

Tottenham are missing a number of players through injury and picked up a couple more minor issues on Sunday as Archie Gray limped out of the clash with Fulham and Dominic Solanke missed out through illness.