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José Mourinho reacted to his first defeat on the opening day as a Premier League manager by stating that he “didn’t like” his Tottenham Hotspur side after they were comfortably defeated by a revitalized Everton side by three new signings.
Mourinho complained that the free kick that led to Everton’s goal, a Dominic Calvert-Lewin header in the second half, was not taken in the right place, the ball was thrown several meters forward to improve the angle of the center of Lucas Digne.
It was a valid complaint and the Portuguese was protesting long before Calvert-Lewin defeated Eric Dier and Toby Alderweireld in the air, but this was a weak showing by the Spurs that could not be excused by the manager complaining of not having enough time with his team. international players to prepare.
“The team is currently lacking in the physical condition of many players,” said Mourinho, who declined to deny reports from Turkey that Spurs are interested in signing striker Alexander Sorloth from Turkish club Tranzonspor.
“The fight started in the way we pushed, or I would say in the way we didn’t push because our pressure up front was very, very poor. I’d say it was lazy pressure and when you have lazy pressure you don’t push and let the opponents build from behind. When you let almost any team in the Premier League play from behind, they feel comfortable with the ball. “
He continued: “I’m disappointed with the performance, I didn’t like my team.
“I also didn’t like that there were so many referees on the pitch, on the bench in front of the [television] screen and allowed a free throw to be launched five or six meters ahead [of where the foul was]. That creates a totally different angle for the cross and for the striker to attack the ball. I can complain now because I was complaining before the goal. I complained to the referees before they scored.
“Before the goal, the game was there [to be won]. They didn’t create chances, we created them in the first part with two beautiful moments. But after his goal, we were not, in my opinion, physical, there was no intensity. The team looks [poor] physical condition. They had chances after that, they were closer to scoring a second goal than we were to scoring the tie.
“Harry Kane has trained one with us. Moussa Sissoko twice. I’m not going player by player, but Matt Doherty came to use after a vacation and immediately went to play for his national team.
Dier recently stated that he would like to play center-back rather than defensive midfielder, but Calvert-Lewin easily beat him.
“I agree with the point that it is not just about the position of the cross,” added Mourinho. “It’s about my team, I’m not going in the direction of Eric Dier, I can say that we should be organizing our positions and we should be able to control. The players knew, we analyzed, they knew that they were very strong in that area ”.
For Carlo Ancelotti, this was a much brighter start with his three new signings, James Rodríguez, Allan and Abdoulaye Doucoure, seamlessly integrating into the squad, even though they also lack training time with their teammates.
“I am very satisfied, the performance [of the three new signings] It was brilliant, ”said the Italian. “The first half, they had two or three situations, but Jordan [Pickford] it was fantastic. In the second half we felt comfortable with and without the ball. It was an important performance against a difficult team. I am very happy, we have started the season well and we have shown that we can compete ”.
