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Tottenham's Djed Spence reportedly suffers broken jaw after collision with Liam Delap

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Published 3 weeks ago

Tottenham defender Djed Spence suffered a broken jaw during their 2-1 Premier League defeat to Chelsea on Tuesday (May 19).

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/spence-djed/GQAxKWes/"]Spence[/a], 25, was on the receiving end of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/delap-liam/6cfkytBh/"]Delap[/a]’s flying elbow as the two players challenged for the ball in the latter stages of the game.[/p][p][i]As[/i] per[i] The Athletic[/i], the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/tottenham/UDg08Ohm/"]Tottenham[/a] man has been confirmed to have sustained a broken jaw as a result of the collision.[/p][p]Delap was shown a yellow card at the time, with no review from VAR, much to the dismay of Spence, who took to social media to vent his frustrations.[/p][embed guid="8f5ab69a-3ad1-4f16-9574-10135d6f47e8" url="https://x.com/DjedSpence/status/2056864115910447270?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2056864115910447270%7Ctwgr%5E19c0dbba230c50645a3f5987fc42f42a49f47647%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2Fathletic%2F7298357%2F2026%2F05%2F21%2Fdjed-spence-tottenham-broken-jaw-injury-update%2F" social-type="twitter" /][p]Tottenham’s Premier League survival will now come down to the final day as they prepare to take on Everton in North London.[/p]

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