José Mourinho criticised the angle of his Tottenham gamers on the opening whistle in opposition to Leicester in a recreation they misplaced 2-0 to dent their hopes of closing again on Liverpool on the high of the Premier League desk.
The Spurs supervisor noticed Serge Aurier concede a reckless Forty fifth-minute penalty, which Jamie Vardy transformed to place Leicester in management. The second aim got here when Toby Alderweireld turned a Vardy header into his personal internet, which means that Spurs have misplaced two and drawn certainly one of their previous three fixtures. It was Leicester who jumped up into second place – 4 factors behind Liverpool.
“We began unhealthy,” Mourinho stated. “The primary 20 minutes was a poor efficiency, some empty spots when it comes to urgent, angle, recovering the ball. I didn’t like [it] in any respect. The very fact we didn’t begin nicely isn’t as a result of I didn’t inform them to start out nicely. I didn’t inform them: ‘Don’t be proactive or be reactive.’ However I admit we did begin unhealthy.
“We modified through the first half, adapting the positions in midfield. We improved quite a bit, had a interval of domination after which the penalty. The penalty isn’t a penalty created, it’s a penalty that we commit. For me, iIt was out of context to the sport at that second as a result of it was our greatest interval. Aurier made a mistake. However earlier than his mistake we had different gamers making errors in different areas of the pitch. I can’t blame a participant for a mistake.”
Brendan Rodgers described Leicester’s efficiency as “excellent”, strategically “wonderful” and the victory as “completely deserved”. Mourinho didn’t agree. “It’s a recreation we misplaced on a penalty and an personal aim and the consequence appears just like the opponents had been completely in management or higher than us, however that’s not the fact,” he stated. “Our efficiency was not good however the recreation was not like they deserved to win or we deserved to lose. It was not a superb recreation.”
