Jose Mourinho accused some of his players of “hiding” during the Tottenham North Money North London derby defeat against Artel, pointing to a lack of intensity that put Gareth Bale and Tangui Nombele in place early in the second half.
The Spurs qualified for the Emirates despite a late rally with 10 men after scoring opener Rick Lamela was dismissed. Arsenal’s missing Pierre-Americ Bumyang, who was placed on the bench for disciplinary reasons, was found to be involved in match-timekeeping, was long dominated by Mourinho, known as a “penalty offense” by Alexandre Lacazette Spot-Kick.
The main target of Mourinho’s frustration was the sluggish first half performance in which he admitted that Tottenham were lucky to get to the level despite scoring through an intelligent lame strike. “We were poor,” he said of the opening 45 minutes. “Bad defense, no intensity, no pressure. In terms of attacking football, some important players are hiding. Really bad. “
Mourinho said he “did not point a finger at players A, B or C” but criticized that “people hide, do not show themselves, do not show intensity, do not pass and do not move”. Bell and Nodambell were replaced in the 57th and 62nd minutes, respectively, with Moussa Sissosoko and Dale Alley coming in.
Asked specifically about Bal, he said: “Gareth and Tangui, we need more intensity in our game. We need to be more pressing, more intense in the game. ”Lacazette made it out of place immediately after those changes took place. Both Michael Oliver and VAR official Lt. Tierney denied Davinson Sચેnchez’s allegations at Arsenal forward, after Lacazette misused the shot, but Mourinho denounced the decision.
He said, ‘I don’t want to call it a fine, because it’s a crime to pay a fine.’ “If anyone has a different opinion he should be one of the big Arsenal fans with season tickets; It’s the only one I accept because it’s passion speaking. Other than that I don’t accept a different opinion because it’s obvious. “I am very happy to have won my first derby win since December 2018. With that, I justified his decision to stick to his principles and get rid of Ub Bameyang, who is in the rich vein of form.” What I thought was the right decision “We know how important it is for the Ayub Club and that’s it. It has been dealt with, now let’s move on,” he said.
Arsenal have 10 points from Champions League venues but have won three and drawn one of their last five games against the current top seven, with West Ham and Liverpool their next two league opponents. “As long as it’s mathematically impossible we’ll believe it and go for it for sure,” he said.
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