Mourinho Again Lowered The Quality Of The Opponent Who Beat Tottenham

Jose Mourinho (Photo: Antara))

JAKARTA - Jose Mourinho has again lowered the quality of the appearance of the opposing team that beat Tottenham Hotspur, after they were beaten by Leicester City 0-2 in Week 14 of the Premier League at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, Sunday.

Similar comments came out of Mourinho's mouth in the middle of last week, when Tottenham lost 1-2 at Liverpool headquarters and the Portuguese coach claimed "the team that performed better lost".

This time, according to Mourinho, neither his team nor his guests have performed very well even though in the end it was Leicester who took the three points home from Tottenham thanks to a Jamie Vardy penalty and Toby Alderweireld's own goal.

"I think neither team performed very, very well," Mourinho told the BBC after the match.

"It's a game where your team's goalkeeper isn't forced to make a single save, but it's also a game where our team doesn't do well," he added.

Despite Mourinho's words, the game shows something different as Hugo Lloris has recorded at least three saves from dangerous situations created by Vardy and James Maddison.

Jose's reaction to today's result. #THFC ⚪️ #COYS pic.twitter.com/cpREManHpz

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Tottenham also conceded another goal by Maddison before being saved by VAR who ruled him out for a fraction of a centimeter offside.

On the other hand, apart from the many chances wasted in the first half, Tottenham's only good chance to score a return midway through the second was also countered by Kasper Schmeichel who saved from Son Heung-min's shot.

Mourinho has also returned to defending his claim that Tottenham deserved to win against Liverpool in the middle of last week, especially since it has been so long for visitors to win at Anfield.

"We deserved to win the game against Liverpool and that's certainly great because no team has been able to do that for a long time, and our team was phenomenal at Liverpool," said Mourinho.

The defeat made Tottenham drop to fourth in the standings with a collection of 25 points, overtaken by Leicester (27) who rose to second place.

Later, in the game later on, Manchester United also won to move up to third place and knocked Tottenham out of the top four of the standings.

Mourinho will next lead Tottenham to visit Wolverhampton in their 15th round tie on Sunday, December 27 next week.