Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho believes Manchester United were "clever" in winning fouls and "pretending injuries" during their 2-1 win on Wednesday.


"We started bad, they started well," Mourinho told beIN Sports.

"They scored the first goal, could have scored the second and for the first 30 minutes they were not just better than us, they were much better than us. For the last 15 minutes [of the first half] the story was different.

"I thought the second half we'd be back to normality and normality was to have control of the game but when you concede a goal like we did it's difficult.

"They took a few steps back, started to block low and they were clever in the way they were getting fouls and pretending injuries and controlling and then still dangerous on the counterattack.

"We were punished by our mistake for the second goal. The reason I want to say clearly they deserved to win the game was because in the first 30 minutes of the game they were much better than us.

"It was not just today, if you look to our previous matches it was the same. Against Olympiacos we didn't start well, against Bournemouth it took time, rather than being proactive we are a little bit more reactive."

On the penalty he added: "I don't know, I didn't see it, but I think what happened inside of the box is a consequence of what happened before. I think when Ashley Young had the ball we have to be alert immediately, we were not, we gave space to Rashford to receive the ball, it was only when he received the ball that we woke up."


https://www.reportminds.com/2019/12/mourinho-blames-man-utd-players-says.html?m=1


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A Lazy workman that always quarrel with his tools

The Only celebrity coach I know

Baba been dey run UCL advert that year.

Manager at Tottenham. Pundit on Sky Sports

Twale Baba José

Out of 3 games, you already won 2.

Mourinho face your job instead of this cheap complaints..

Take your L and get out.

na soooo... excuse Master is back...

Lol... He will find accuse.

na him lifestyle

The title is very different from the content


All the comments above shows that none of them read the article

He spoke well of man utd and even criticized his last two wins objectively

We need to learn to read

Here he comes again.... blaming others

We won, that's all that matters. You for teach your players how to dive and nod na

Even Buhari blamed Goodluck Jonathan for his failure in office, some days are just like that

The blame game continues !

Looser

"Pretending injuries" .

Now we've seen that moriho wasnt the problem at man u. Twas d players

Damnnnnn niggarrr

Watched the game yesterday

He should keep quiet

Oga mou, I thought you are a changed man now

Typical of morinho. A specialist in blame apportioning.

Same old Mourinho.
United shocked him

This man can even blame God for his misfortune

Tottenham played the mourinho style of defending yesterday against big team.

Oga mou I thought you are a changed man now

Accepting faults ia a trait of a good leader