Rodrigo Bentancur is conscious and will undergo further tests at hospital, Tottenham have confirmed. The midfielder was stretchered off in the first-half of Spurs’ Carabao Cup clash with Liverpool on Wednesday night, having received lengthy treatment on the pitch.

Tottenham Hotspur’s League Cup semi-final against Liverpool was halted for almost 10 minutes after Rodrigo Bentancur suffered what appeared to be a serious head injury.

Tottenham have provided an update on the state of Rodrigo Bentancur after he was forced off on a stretcher in the early moments of the Carabao Cup semi-final first leg against Liverpool

Rodrigo Bentancur has been hospitalised after the Tottenham star was stretchered off during Wednesday's League Cup clash with Liverpool. Bentancur went down unopposed just six minutes into the game while attempting a diving header from a Spurs corner.

Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur was carried off on a stretcher in the 14th minute of his team's Carabao Cup semifinal against Liverpool on Wednesday after falling to the ground at a corner.

The Uruguayan appeared to hit his head on the turf as he stooped to head a corner in the opening exchanges of the Carabao Cup tie against Liverpool on Wednesday

Tottenham midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur has been carried off on a stretcher in the 14th minute of the match against Liverpool in the English League Cup semifinals after falling to the ground at a corne

The Uruguayan was stretchered off the pitch for the second time this season, the first being after a head injury in August

Tottenham have confirmed Rodrigo Bentancur is conscious and talking again after a nasty fall in the side’s Carabao Cup semi-final first leg with Liverpool. Bentancur fell awkwardly while stretching to get his head on a Spurs corner in only the sixth minute of play,

Rodrigo Bentancur received treatment for several minutes after going down in Liverpool's penalty area with no other players around him during the Carabao Cup semi-final first leg

Tottenham have issued an update on Rodrigo Bentancur after the Uruguayan international collapsed during their Carabao Cup semi-final clash with Liverpool