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LONDON -- Toby Alderweireld is a doubt for Tottenham Hotspur's Premier League match at Crystal Palace on Sunday after suffering a minor injury in his right leg.
Alderweireld has been back in training since late January after tearing his right hamstring and a tendon against Real Madrid on Nov. 1 and he played 90 minutes in the FA Cup matches against Newport County and Rochdale.
But the centre-back, 29 next month, did not complete training on Thursday and Pochettino said he will be assessed ahead of the trip to Selhurst Park.
"Toby yesterday could not finish the training session -- he suffered a small incident in the same leg," Pochettino said. "We will assess him today and tomorrow to see if he is available for training and if it's possible for him to be selected. We hope it's not a big issue.
"We need to assess him. Yesterday he could not finish the training session. We cannot decide anything. First of all, he has to be available for training and then we'll see for the game."
Pochettino said Lucas Moura, who played 70 minutes against Rochdale last weekend on his full Spurs debut, would also need to be assessed, but the manager has no other fitness concerns.
Dan is ESPN FC's Tottenham correspondent. Follow him on Twitter: @Dan_KP.
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