Tottenham’s Rodrigo Bentancur has provided a positive update on his health after a worrying collapse against Liverpool led to his removal from the pitch on a stretcher.

Bentancur collapsed under no challenge when hunting the ball at a corner in the first half. After lengthy treatment, he was manoeuvred carefully on to a stretcher and Spurs reported at half-time of the Carabao Cup semi-final first leg that the midfielder was conscious and talking. He was taken to hospital.

“All good, guys! Thank you for the messages,” the Uruguayan wrote on his Instagram story. “Congratulations for the victory boys!!!”

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Tottenham secured a 1-0 win thanks to late goal by Lucas Bergvall. Liverpool were furious the Swede had not been sent off shortly before for a tackle on Kostas Tsimikas that might have brought a second yellow card. Tsimikas was still off the pitch when Bergvall scored.

While Liverpool were left to lick their wounds, Postecoglou beamed with pride after Tottenham’s patched-up team kept the Premier League leaders to a rare shut-out.

“Yeah, very proud,” he said. “Again, we had to deal with some adversity tonight. We started the game really well I thought. Then obviously we lose Rodrigo, and in the way it happened, it was quite distressing. Again, we had to compose ourselves and deal with that and reorganise. Super proud of the players. I have been all along.”