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José Mourinho says that Jurgen Klopp’s “behavior” on the touchline forced him to subtitle Giovani Lo Celso in Tottenham’s 2-1 loss to Liverpool.
Injury time winner Roberto Firmino meant Liverpool were three points clear at the top of the table.
Mourinho has been involved in a somewhat one-sided war of words after the defeat, claiming that treated differently from Klopp and that “Best team lost” at night.
MAILBOX: Welcome back, sarcastic, damn, sore loser Jose!
And the Portuguese has not stopped there, also claiming that the “pressure” that Klopp and his team were exerting on the referee forced him to replace Lo Celso, for fear that the midfielder would get a second yellow card.
“At halftime we moved the pieces a bit to try to improve, and we did,” said Mourinho. “The tactical changes were trying to give more space to Gio Lo Celso coming from the right to start having a little more ball and finding counter-attack situations, which we did immediately in the first 10 minutes.
“With this yellow card and the behavior of these guys that they have on the touchline, putting incredible pressure on the referees I feared for a possible second yellow card. And Gio was playing exactly in front of his bench in such a dangerous area. So I was afraid of the yellow card and I had to get it out. “
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