Pochettino: Football is not important right now, injured Gomes is important

The Tottenham manager didn't think Heung-min Son deserved to be sent off for his role in the incident, but said that was a secondary concern

Mauricio Pochettino has lent his support to Andre Gomes after the Everton midfielder was stretchered off with a horrific injury in the Toffees’ 1-1 draw with Tottenham.

"We feel very sorry,” he told Sky Sports. “It was a really bad situation and bad luck with how he landed in the action and we can only send our best wishes and, of course, we are devastated for the situation.

“Football is not important, he is important. We can talk about football but we are feeling bad, feeling sorry and devastated for what happened because it was so difficult.”

As well as offering his support to Gomes, Pochettino was also keen to absolve Son of any blame for the incident.

A tearful Son went straight down the tunnel with his head in his hands following his sending-off, and Pochettino thought his red card was unfair.

"He was devastated,” he added. “It was a situation that was very confused, it was difficult to keep calm.

“After, when you watch the action on TV, it is never the intention and it was never a tackle to do what happened after. It was very bad luck for Andre, very bad luck for Everton and the finish with a red card for Sonny was really unfair."