Spurs boss Postecoglou allays Kulusevski injury concerns

Tottenham Hotspur attacker Dejan Kulusevski's injury is not serious and they are hopeful he can make a quick return ahead of this month's Europa League final, manager Ange Postecoglou said on Sunday after a 2-0 Premier League loss to Crystal Palace.

The Sweden international went down after a coming-together with Palace defender Marc Guehi in the first half of the home defeat, receiving treatment on his knee before limping off the pitch in the 19th minute.

Kulusevski's injury set off alarm bells among Tottenham fans, with their side facing Manchester United in 10 days' time in the final in Bilbao.

"It should be okay. Just talking to him after, the medical team's not too concerned with him. It's more of a knock than anything else," said Postecoglou.

"We're hoping it should be okay. I don't know. It's hard to say."

Sunday's defeat was Tottenham's 20th league loss of the season - a club record in the Premier League era - and left them in 17th place.

They have also lost 24 matches across all competitions - their second-most behind the 25 defeats they suffered in the 1991-92 season.

Asked about Tottenham's league form, a defiant Postecoglou pointed to the injury crisis that decimated the club's squad at the start of the year, with 11 senior players being sidelined during a particularly tough spell in February.

"People are banging the drum about this record with defeats, but if people don't see there is a correlation between the two, it's not exactly Pythagoras theorem," he added.

"It's quite simple to understand we would have had much better results if we didn't have to navigate this. So, either you understand or you don't and beat us over the head.

"I think we could have performed better and irrespective of the result you can still