The suspensions are piling up for Tottenham this season after Yves Bissouma and Destiny Udogie picked up red and yellow cards respectively in the 2-0 win at Nottingham ForestAnge Postecoglou will once again have limited numbers to work with next Saturday against Everton after some more bad luck in terms of suspensions. Destiny Udogie will have to watch on from the sidelines after picking up a one-match ban for receiving his fifth yellow card of the season in the first half of Tottenham’s 2-0 win over Nottingham Forest on Friday evening.Yves Bissouma will also find himself in the stands after he was given a red card for a high challenge on Ryan Yates. The Mali international will miss Spurs’ next four games as his second dismissal of the season means he will serve an extra game on top of the usual three-match ban for a straight red.As the Lilywhites have a host of players out injured, it really is the last thing Postecoglou needed at present as the team look to make it three wins on the trot. The boss was asked in his post-match press conference about his side’s disciplinary issue and mentioned that his players must learn to play their style of football “without crossing a line”.Well, it’s an issue but it’s not so much discipline,” he said. “Tonight – like I say I haven’t seen a slowed down version – but it’s just a desperate lunge more than anything malicious.”The guys are having to adapt to learn to play our football without crossing a line but I loved the commitment they showed. Unfortunately we paid a price because it’s not just this game, he obviously misses a big chunk of football but it is what it is.”Cristian Romero was perhaps very lucky to get away without a one-match ban for the Everton match after looking set to be cautioned for a foul on Cheikhou Kouyate before the referee let him off. Currently on four yellow cards in the Premier League this season, a fifth would have brought up a suspension for the Argentina international just like Udogie.
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