LONDON – Tottenham Hotspur captain Hugo Lloris and midfielder Dele Alli have been ruled out of the Champions League opener against Inter Milan due to injury, the Premier League club said on Monday.
Goalkeeper Lloris is carrying a thigh injury that kept him out of Tottenham’s 2-1 league defeat by Liverpool on Saturday, and Alli was sidelined with a hamstring problem.
Tottenham missed both players in the Liverpool defeat, with errors from stand-in keeper Michel Vorm contributing to both of Liverpool’s goals.
Alli’s teammate Harry Kane said Spurs had failed to control the game and gave the ball away too many times en route to a second successive domestic defeat.
Midfielder Moussa Sissoko will also miss the Inter match at the San Siro on Tuesday due to a hamstring injury.
Spurs have been drawn in a tough-looking Champions League Group B, which also includes Barcelona and PSV Eindhoven.
🗣️ Mauricio confirms that Hugo Lloris, @dele_official and @MoussaSissoko are unavailable for selection. @AlderweireldTob and @trippier2 have also not travelled to Italy. pic.twitter.com/PGqGmfKxtF
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) September 17, 2018
Training this evening:
📍 San Siro #COYS pic.twitter.com/xZvLuDD1oL
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) September 17, 2018