Mourinho responded to Pogba refs after a four-goal match against Everton – VG

The 2-2 result means that Tottenham is five points behind West Ham, which is in the Champions League qualifying 4th place. Mourinho’s London club has also played one game more. Now the Portuguese gets new criticism for the way both he and the team appear.

– It looks like nothing matters. There is a lack of motivation, quality and joy of playing. They have nothing when they move forward. Look at body language. It’s horrible, says TV 2 expert Trevor Morley.

– Look at Mourinho’s face. It is expressionless. It is as if the light is turned off. Where is Tottenham’s fighting spirit? I do not see it, says the Englishman.

The situation is not improved by the fact that Kane had to work overtime after an ugly overtime.

– I’m also worried, but I think it’s too early to say anything. That he left the match with two minutes left, obviously means that he felt something. But I have to be optimistic and hope that he recovers quickly, says Mourinho in an interview shown on TV 2.

Confronted with Pogba refs

Earlier Friday, an interview was published in which Paul Pogba (28) criticized Mourinho for the time they shared in Manchester United. The Frenchman believes Ole Gunnar Solskjær (48) is different from the Portuguese, among other things in the way that “he would never go against the players”.

– Once I had a good relationship with Mourinho. The next day I did not know what had happened, Pogba said Sky Sports.

– I could not care less about what Pogba says, Mourinho responds after the settlement at Goodison Park.

Kane double

It started useful for Tottenham, however, when Kane took advantage of a weak involvement from Everton stopper Michael Keane after 27 minutes. The Spurs striker took a touch and beat the guests in the lead on the next.

With the full hit, Kane has scored 20 or more goals for five seasons in a row in the Premier League.

But as has happened many times earlier this season, the management should not last very long. Instead, Sergio Reguilón clung to it by going too hard on the back of James Rodríguez. Everton got a correctly awarded penalty kick by referee Michael Oliver which Gylfi Sigurdsson placed in goal.

– I think it was a good match with two teams trying to win. That is another fair result, says Mourinho, who did not seem to agree that Everton deserved a penalty when Reguilon fielded Rodriguez – without any of his own players appearing to be appealing the decision during the match.

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Dream exchange

Richarlison and James Rodríguez also had great opportunities to score more goals for Everton in the first half, but the finishes were not good enough to outsmart Hugo Lloris in the Tottenham goal.

After 61 minutes, Everton manager Carlo Ancelotti took the lead. Out went wingback Alex Iwobi. In came the 32-year-old veteran Séamus Coleman. Iren took over the captain’s armband from Lucas Digne, before a minute later he accelerated along the right side.

After a quick wall with Richarlison, Coleman found Icelandic Sigurdsson with a hard-hitting post. Sigurdsson handled this further in the finish in an exquisite way.

King close

Only seven minutes later, however, Keane messed it up again defensively for the blue jerseys, something Kane once again exploited in the same merciless way.

– There are beautiful endings, says Mourinho.

81 minutes into the game, King had a great chance to put his team ahead, but his kick from the left went wide. The Norwegian went a short time later on a sparkling race and was played alone with Lloris by Rodriguez, but the finish went straight to the French last chance.

– I do not think it is a good ending. He could have gone for the nearest post. I think he has enough time to think there, says Morley.

– I do not think so. He does not have time to aim to the right or left, says expert colleague Erik Huseklepp.

After the draw, Everton are in 8th place. The blue jerseys have six points up to West Ham in 4th place – with seven league rounds left.

Correction: The caption at the top of the case first stated that Tottenham lost the match. The right thing is, of course, that it ended in a draw. The error was corrected on April 16 at 23.45.

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