Monday 13 May 2019 12:53, UK
Mauricio Pochettino says he is confident Dele Alli will be fit for the Champions League final, despite the midfielder "feeling strange" during Tottenham's draw against Everton on Sunday.
The 23-year-old started the 2-2 draw at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, but was withdrawn at half-time.
The result confirmed Tottenham's fourth-placed finish in the Premier League, and their focus now turns to the biggest match in the club's history; the Champions League final against Liverpool in Madrid on June 1.
Pochettino believes Alli will be involved at the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium, saying: "He didn't start in the warm-up, he was feeling strange and then his performance was very poor in the first half because he can't cope with the situation.
"So because of caution, he was out. I think it is not a problem. We need to assess him, but I think he was tired, but for the circumstance again we played with him.
"I think in a normal condition he was for sure not starting the game, but we started with him and, before that problem starts something, at half-time we made the change."
Alli fractured his hand last month, but was pressed into action against Everton due to a number of injuries in Spurs's squad.
