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\"Rafael Van der Vaart was a peripheral figure before being substituted against Chelsea<\/span> <\/p>\n

Tottenham are fearful midfielder Rafael van der Vaart could be sidelined until the new year with a hamstring injury.<\/p>\n

The 28-year-old was substituted at half-time during Spurs’ 1-1 draw with Chelsea<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n

When asked if the Dutchman could be out beyond the end of 2011, Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp replied: “Yes, it looks that way.”<\/p>\n

Spurs will also be without winger Aaron Lennon for “weeks” after he injured his hamstring against Sunderland.<\/p>\n

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Redknapp satisfied with ‘fair result’<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Lennon, 24, was absent for Thursday’s draw with Chelsea at White Hart Lane, which saw Emmanuel Adebayor give Tottenham the lead after only eight minutes before Daniel Sturridge equalised for the visitors.<\/p>\n

“We had no one who could play wide right to give us the balance we needed,” said Redknapp.<\/p>\n

“When Aaron Lennon is not out there, we haven’t really got a wide right player.”<\/p>\n

On Van der Vaart, Redknapp added: “He just seems to have a hamstring problem all the time. He is a great player but we need to keep him fit.”<\/p>\n

Winger Gareth Bale made a timely return to the Spurs side after missing the 1-0 win over Sunderland with a sprained ankle and provided the assist from which Adebayor opened the scoring.<\/p>\n

Redknapp was not downbeat after the result, despite his side dropping two points that leaves them third in the table, seven points behind second-placed Manchester United.<\/p>\n

“It was a good game of football and a fair result,” added Redknapp. “They came back, we started great and murdered them for the first 25 minutes, but they came back strongly in the second half.”<\/p>\n

Tottenham’s remaining fixtures this year are away games at Norwich and Swansea on 27 and 31 December respectively. Their first game of 2012 is a home game against West Brom on 3 January.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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