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José Mourinho accused the Tottenham players of lacking “ambition” after their penchant for the title suffered another setback against Wolves.
Spurs squandered the opportunity to climb to third place, and close the gap with league leader Liverpool to four points, after a Romain Saiss header in the 86th minute secured the Wolves a 1-1 draw at Molineux .
Tanguy Ndombele had passed the Spurs, shooting from the edge of the box with just 57 seconds left.
It means Spurs, who have now gone four games without a win, are in fifth place after failing to take advantage of Liverpool’s draw earlier in the day.
Mourinho’s team has lost nine points this season with goals conceded in the last 10 minutes of a game, the most of any Premier League team.
“I’m frustrated with the result, we were in control of the game, we had 89 minutes to score more goals and we didn’t do it,” Mourinho said. “It’s not just about not scoring, but about not being dangerous and ambitious and for me that is the problem.
But I don’t think it’s very, very obvious to go in that direction and not go in other directions. The other direction for me is that he scores a goal in the first minute, he has 89 minutes to score more goals and we don’t.
‘It’s disappointing (to concede like they did) and tomorrow we are going to have a similar meeting from other meetings that we have had and we are going to practice the same that we practice that we have after other situations. But we have 89 minutes to score more goals. ‘
The Spurs did not shoot on target after the 21st minute and Mourinho insisted their frustrations would not have changed even if they had held on.
But he was picky when asked about the lack of attacking threat, telling Sky Sports: ‘I know how I prepare the team, I know what I ask of the players. I know what I told them at halftime and I don’t say more than that. I give credit to the Wolves but we didn’t have that ambition or desire to go for more.
‘You already know how I am. You already know my way of working, I don’t want to say much more about it (the equalizer).
It’s not my place to talk to you. I’m sorry. I don’t want to go deeper. I know my team and my players better than anyone. Nobody knows my team better than me. I don’t want to go in that direction. ‘
On his habit of conceding later, he added: ‘Of course it’s a concern, but it’s more of a concern the fact that we score goals early and don’t kill games … you have to try and it’s as simple as that. ‘
Defender Matt Doherty added: ‘It’s a missed opportunity. We needed to win the game and we backed off to see it even if we didn’t play that well.
“It’s very frustrating, such a late goal and again from set pieces. We were only 1-0 up, so it cost us two points. ‘
Source: m.allfootballapp.com
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