LONDON -- Mauricio Pochettino has defended Danny Rose after Arsene Wenger appeared to lightly criticise the Tottenham defender for injuring Hector Bellerin in the North London derby.
Bellerin will miss the next month with an ankle injury after a tackle from Rose in the dying moments of the 1-1 draw at the Emirates on Nov. 6.
Speaking at a Thursday news conference, Wenger said, "It was the last 10 seconds, you watch it again. It was a bad one," before adding that he didn't think the England international had intended to hurt Bellerin.
Later on Thursday, Pochettino was told that Wenger had criticised Rose and he responded: "It is very strange that comment.