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Injured Bale set for scan

23 Oct 2007 - 07:39:01

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Tottenham defender Gareth Bale will have a scan on his injured foot on Tuesday to determine the extent of the problem he suffered in the first half of the 3-1 defeat at Newcastle United.

The former Southampton youngster sustained the injury in the 20th minute after clashing with Geremi.

Head coach Martin Jol told the cub's official website: "Gareth's foot is swelling up. We have to scan him on Tuesday and hopefully he won't be out for long."

Jol blamed defensive errors for the defeat at St James' Park that left his club in the relegation zone.

He added: "I thought we looked fairly comfortable in the first 40 minutes but it was the same old story - you can't expect to win games if you concede goals like that.

"We had a couple of chances but then made a mistake and they scored.

"We tried to come back and the spirit was good. We played well but the thing is even when we play well, we seem to concede goals like that.

"The first goal was a long ball to a small striker and the second goal was the same, a corner kick and a near post header.

"We tried to come back into the game but conceded goals at the wrong moments.

"We had a good spell up until today. Okay, perhaps not good enough but we were six games unbeaten, we've drawn games and perhaps we should have won some of them, especially at Liverpool.

"I feel if we get one result the confidence will be there."