Jose Mourinho admitted Son Heung-min will be sidelined for "a while" after being substituted midway through Tottenham's match with Newcastle. The South Korean forward was replaced at half-time during the clash at St. James' Park. Speaking after the match, Mourinho confirmed it was not good news for his charge. "It's an injury," Mourinho said in his press conference. "We'll have him out for a while. It's his hamstring." Son has already had to battle injury issues once this year having recovered from a fractured arm back in February to feature in the final games of the 2019/20 season During the game against Newcastle United, Eric Dier was penalised late on after Andy Carroll's header struck his arm even though the Spurs defender was not even looking at the ball. Callum Wilson converted the subsequent penalty in the 97th minute, thus cancelling out Lucas Moura's earlier goal to earn both sides a share of the points. Mourinho refused to comment on the decision after the game for fear of incurring a fin.
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