Rodrigo Bentancur stretchered off for Tottenham in worrying scenes after suffering nasty head injury against Leicester

Bentancur received lengthy treatment on the pitch at the King Power Stadium after an ugly collision in the second half. The Tottenham star appeared to have been knocked out and was subsequently stretchered off to generous applause from the crowd.

Spurs utilised a concussion substitute to replace Bentancur as part of a quadruple substitution that saw Lucas Bergvall and Archie Gray both make their first-team Premier League debuts. Sky issued an update during the game, confirming that Bentancur was up and talking, and would be monitored throughout the evening by Spurs' medical staff.

Bentancur was embroiled in controversy earlier this summer when he made an alleged racist comment about Spurs team-mate Son Heung-Min. The club pledged to educate the Uruguay international as he was reintegrated into the team.

Spurs boss Ange Postecoglou confirmed after full-time that Bentancur had returned to consciousness.

He said: "Yeah, look I don't have a lot of information but I know he is up and he's communicating so he's fine from that point of view. But obviously a head injury and I'll leave it in hands of the medical team now.

"The key thing is that he's definitely conscious and communicating."

Spurs play their second game of the season next weekend against Everton. It remains to be seen if Bentancur will be available.