Mario Gotze's Injury Sounds Worse Than It Originally Looked

Spurs fans were not happy last night when centre back Jan Vertonghen was given his marching orders for a second yellow card after a clash between his arm and Mario Gotze's face but the German's injuries sound quite bad.

The referee was at the centre of attention of what was a fantastic Champions League game after he disallowed Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's second half goal despite the Gabonese forward being onside.

That decision changed the result of the game but in fairness Spurs were very good on a night that they may have finished off their Wembley curse by beating Dortmund 3-1.

_{Aubameyang's goal would have made it 2-2 but instead Mauricio Pochettino's side increased their lead. Image: PA}

The only downside was the red card that defender Jan Vertonghen was given. The Belgian's second yellow card was dished out for an arm to the face of Dortmund midfielder Mario Gotze, though many Spurs fans thought the yellow was harsh.

Speaking to Bild the Bundesliga side's manager Peter Bosz revealed that the damage to Gotze's mouth is worse than it first looked saying:

"It does not look good for him. Some of his teeth are no longer in their proper places.

"He has problems with his teeth and still goes to the doctor. That does not look so good. Not all teeth are more in the right place. It hurts when you talk about it."

_{Gotze spitting blood from his mouth after the incident. Image: Bernd Thissen / dpa}

Despite the severity of the injury the Spurs defender clearly wasn't happy with his dismissal saying, "I thought it was the wrong decision by the referee. Even Dortmund's players were surprised. Somebody ran into my arm, yet I got a red card. I had absolutely no intention to hit my opponent."

_{Vertonghen was clearly very shocked with his sending off. Image: PA}

The Spurs defender was much more positive about the team's performance adding, "This was maybe the most important fixture in our group, and we have won it. We defended well. Maybe we did not have the best of things, but we could count on Harry Kane. He had a great game."

Gotze's mouth may take longer to fix than Dortmund's confidence after last night's result.

Now it remains to be seen if that really was the end of Spurs' Wembley hoodoo.

Topics: Spurs

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