Mark Robbins confirmed that Tatsuhiro Sakamoto is currently hospitalized and awaiting further information regarding his condition.
The winger went for a header in the first half, but landed awkwardly and was carried off on a stretcher with an injury.
After the final whistle, Robins said he believed the injury could be serious.
Latest information on Tatsuhiro Sakamoto…
“It’s not a good injury at all. He stood up very high and landed on his back and hips.
“I don’t want to speculate, but it seems like a pretty bad injury.
“We didn’t expect it to be as bad as it looked. He was in some pain and is currently in hospital.
“We’re waiting for more information, but we’re hoping and praying that he’s OK.
“He’s going to be out for a while, but I just hope he’s okay.”
Looking back at the match…
“It hasn’t been as bad as it has been in recent years. Even last year’s 4-0 loss against Stoke was worse than that.
“Sometimes games can get away from us early in the game, and that was the case today. We gave up a goal after a minute with a really poor goal. We’ve got to defend it better.”
Sometimes we concede goals from corner kicks, and it doesn’t always go our way, but they stalled from the first moment and we couldn’t respond.
We’re the old guys, they’ve got an experienced lineup, they’ve run harder than us, fought harder than us, and they’ve done the dirty parts better than anyone who’s been here, and They deserved to win, there’s no doubt about it, that’s just how they lost. ”
There is no feeling of pity for ourselves…
“There was no pride in it, it didn’t look like a performance, it looked like a group of individuals standing on top of us, looking scared and stiff.
There were some areas where individual performances and decisions were not good, which we have to take into account, but it was so poor that it’s even harder to take away from that.
We cannot feel sorry for ourselves. I have to get ready to leave again on Monday.
We have to take this on the chin, take all the criticism we’re going to receive, and hold our hearts high and deliver on Monday’s performance. ”
Changes during the match…
“It’s hard to change things when you’re stuck with an injury. Torp was fine, but he didn’t start the game today, and if he had, he wouldn’t have been able to play next week.
If I had played him from the beginning, he would have properly torn his calf. So I have to weigh those things. ”