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Tottenham reached the semi-finals of the League Cup after a relatively comfortable 3-1 win over Stoke, but it wasn’t all smiles after the result.
Dele Alli had a rare opportunity to get back into the good books of José Mourinho, but left his coach fuming after a missed play gave up possession in midfield.
The Spurs had had a dominant performance at Bet365 Stadium, but Stoke tied midway through the second half with a quick counter, having taken advantage of Alli’s error.
Alli got hooked 13 minutes after the incident and looked unhappy as he drove away.
“Yes, for me a player who plays in that position is a player who has to bond and create and not create problems for his own team,” Mourinho told reporters after the game.
“I was angry. In that situation, a targeted counter would probably end with a goal, and it ended with a counter behind our defenders.
“We were unbalanced because when you are in possession you have wide wings and another midfielder in a different line and they caught us in a counterattack and transformed the result of the match that was totally in our hands, so yes. I’m upset “.
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