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Dele Alli suffers hamstring injury to add to Tottenham woes

Tottenham’s injury woes have gone from bad to worse with Dele Alli forced off against Fulham with a suspected hamstring injury.

Alli pulled up on the touchline with eight minutes of the match remaining, receiving treatment after going down by the advertising boards.

Spurs took no chances, immediately replacing him with Georges-Kévin N'Koudou.

Spurs are already without the key duo of Harry Kane and Heung-min Son, with the striker sidelined until early March with an ankle injury and Son on international duty with South Korea at the Asian Cup.

Tottenham coach Mauricio Pochettino told BBC Sport after the game: "It is in the left hamstring, I hope it is not a massive problem, but we will need to assess."

Spurs were starting a Premier League game without Kane or Son for the first time since October 2014.

Fernando Llorente started in Kane’s absence up front but put past his own goalkeeper to give Fulham a first-half lead.

Alli provided his side’s equaliser six minutes into the second-half, heading home after an error from Andre Schurrle.

N'Koudou, the man brought onto replace the injured Alli, provided a sublime cross for Harry Winks to head home the game's winner in the final seconds of injury time.

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