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Some had criticized the Spurs captain long after Sunday’s London clash after he missed a late free kick from Eberechi Eze that bounced off him before Jeffrey Schlupp returned him home from close range.
That goal, along with some late star saves by local goalkeeper Vicente Guaita, salvaged a deserved point for Palace in front of 2,000 fans returning home after Harry Kane overtook the visitors at SE25 with a deflected first-half shot that misled. to Guaita.
Speaking after a result that left Tottenham’s lead at the Premier League summit vulnerable with Liverpool in action in Fulham later in the day, Mourinho refused to blame Lloris.
“My goalkeeper is the best goalkeeper in the Premier League so I would never criticize the best goalkeeper in the Premier League, period,” he told reporters.
“If I have to blame someone, I have to blame ourselves, the team. Those who win, those who tie and those who lose. Some guys have the philosophy that they lost, we tied and I won, but it’s not us. “
Tottenham were without Gareth Bale at the Palace, and Mourinho revealed before kick-off that the Welshman was suffering from a disease but was not coronavirus.
Bale is expected to return to the Spurs team for Wednesday’s big showdown with defending champion Liverpool at Anfield.
Crystal Palace vs Tottenham | 12/13/2020
“He was sick, not Covid, not even a flu that keeps you in bed for a week,” Mourinho said of the loan from Real Madrid, which has started just one league game since returning to north London in the summer.
“I think by Wednesday it will be fine.”
