The Tottenham suffered a heavy defeat on his visit to the leader Manchester City, team that thrashed it 3-0 with goals from Rodri from penalty (23 ‘) and a double from the figure of the match the German Ilkay Gündogan (50 ‘and 66’). After this fall, the ‘Spurs’ were 9th with 36 units in the Premier League and his coach Jose Mourinho I know excused saying this was a duel between “A fresh team and a very tired team.”
In a duel that looked to be a great game at the Etihad Stadium, it ended up being a victory for Pep Guardiola’s men, who thrashed 3-0 and reaffirmed their lead with 53 points. The duel ‘Pep-Mou’ It ended up being for the Spanish coach who showed a wide superiority with his team. Mourinho spoke after the defeat and gave some somewhat controversial excuses, saying that they lost for being a “tired” team for their FA Cup match on Wednesday and that they played against a “fresh” team (City played the same day for the same competition).
It seems that the great match on Wednesday between Tottenham and Everton that ended 5-4 for Carlo Ancelotti’s in overtime ended up taking its toll on the ‘Spurs’, since according to their coach he made them arrive at this Saturday game very tired. For their part, the ‘Citizens’ came from winning a little more comfortable in the 90′ against Swansea City by 3-1 and accumulated 10 consecutive victories.
In addition, the Portuguese Tottenham coach spoke about the penalty they gave City in the 23rd minute, which he argued was a ‘modern penalty’ and that “even if you touch a nail inside the area, it can be a penalty.” The penalty pointed out by referee Paul Tierney after Pierre Hojbjerg’s demolition of Gündogan did not seem to convince ‘Mou’, a play that was key to the development of the match and opened the scoring.
“A modern penalty is one in which even if you touch the opponent with a fingernail it can be a penalty. It depends on the opponent. For some, touching the opponent with a fingernail is a penalty and the VAR cannot deny it, because there is contact, either with the thumb or with the thumbnail. You cannot deny that there is a penalty ”, was what the Portuguese coach told ‘Football Daily’ and added that they had“ nothing going for them ”and that“ the second half was very complicated ”.
