Son Heung Min Is Claimed By Solskjaer As Being Excessive When His Face Touched By McTominay's Hand, Mourinho Explains

JAKARTA - Jose Mourinho defended Tottenham striker Son Heung-Min who was the target of criticism from Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer after the two teams' 3-1 Premier League encounter in London on Sunday local time.

The basis of the commentary war was the decision of var and referee Chris Kavanagh who awarded Edinson Cavani's MU goal in the 34th minute for a foul on Son by Scott McTominay in the attacking process.

McTominay's arm hit Son's face and Solskjaer rated the South Korean player's reaction as excessive.

"I have to say, if my son lay down for three minutes and it took 10 of his friends to get up just because his face was hit by something by another friend, he wouldn't get a meal for a few days," Solskjaer told Sky Sports after the match was reported by Antara.

Solskjaer then raised a similar incident that occurred in the first meeting of the two teams this season when Anthony Martial had to be shown a red card by the referee for "punching" Erik Lamela at Old Trafford in early October 2020.

"I say this because the same thing happened in our first game against them this season," he said.

When confronted by reporters in a post-match press conference, Mourinho judged Son very lucky not to have a father like Solskjaer.

"I just want to say, Sonny is very lucky his father is a much better person than Ole," Mourinho said.

"Because I think a father - I'm also a father - should always provide his children with food, no matter what they do," he said.

Son had a chance to upset MU's goal disallowed by opening the spurs' lead five minutes after the incident.

However, the advantage was lost without a trace after Fred, Cavani, and Mason Greenwood took the home side's lead with three goals in the second half to seal MU's 3-1 win.