Tottenham are hoping for good news regarding the injury to Aaron Lennon after he went down at training on Friday.

Spurs boss Martin Jol said: “Aaron was injured in training yesterday, so he could not be considered for today’s game,”

“There could be a problem with the cartilage in his knee.

“We will make an assessment on him tomorrow, when we will probably know the extent of the damage for sure.”

On the 1-0 loss to Manchester United, Jol added: “It’s a disappointment to lose three points. You know that Man Utd are playing well lately, so to lose 1-0 is probably okay.

“But I think we deserved to have something out of this game as we went to Old Trafford and had five or six possibilities.

“They had a free kick, probably from 35 yards, it was a terrific shot, but a stupid goal.

“We still concede stupid goals, I think about Everton, I think about Bolton Wanderers. They are all little things, minor mistakes.

“This is a new team. Ghaly was in the team for the first time and there was also Chimbonda.

“We have to sort ourselves out and we have to be a team. I think we can take a lot of positives out of the game.”