Tottenham fans react ANGRILY to Jose Mourinho’s criticism of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s comments regarding Son Heung-Min, accusing their own boss of ‘distraction and deflection’ from the ‘dire football’ after another defeat
- Jose Mourinho’s Tottenham were beaten 3-1 by Manchester United on Sunday
- The match was marred by a controversial VAR row involving Son Heung-Min
- Ole Gunnar Solskjaer criticised Son’s role in getting a United goal chalked off
- The United boss said the Spurs winger ‘would not get any food’ if he was his son
- Spurs fans have reacted angrily to Mourinho condemning Solskjaer’s comments
Tottenham supporters have accused Jose Mourinho of trying to deflect attention away from their poor display by criticising Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s comments on Son Heung-Min.
Spurs were beaten 3-1 by Manchester United on Sunday in a major blow to the north Londoners’ top-four hopes but Mourinho opted to condemn Solskjaer’s criticism on the Tottenham winger’s actions to disallow a first-half goal for United.
Son went to ground under the flailing arm of Scott McTominay in the build-up to Edinson Cavani putting the ball in the net. Referee Chris Kavanagh and VAR ruled the Uruguayan’s goal out and the South Korean winger gave Spurs the lead five minutes later.
Tottenham fans have reacted angrily to Jose Mourinho (left) criticism of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer following Spurs’ 3-1 defeat to Manchester United
Solskjaer said Spurs winger Son ‘would not get any food’ if he was his child after going to ground to get a United goal disallowed
Even though United came back to win the game in the second-half, Solskjaer claimed that if the Tottenham winger ‘would not get any food’ if he was his child.
Mourinho then said in his own post-match press conference: ‘Sonny is very lucky that his father is a better person than Ole. Because a father you always have to feed their kids, no matter what they do.
‘If you have to steal to feed your kids, you steal. I’m very very disappointed (with Ole) because we say in Portugal: bread is bread, cheese is cheese. I’ve told Ole already what I think about his comments.’
Mourinho angrily condemned Solskjaer’s comments in his post-match interview on Sunday
But some Tottenham fans have reacted negatively towards their manager as they feel the Portuguese manager was ignoring the issues with his own team.
One Spurs fan tweeted: ‘This is just Jose trying to change the focus away from the dire football.
Another said: ‘And This reply just sums him up distraction and deflection from a manager who is single handed(ly) tearing apart the 10 years (of work) before him in under 2 seasons the man is past it as a coach he needs to go before someone of more note goes first fingers crossed it’s not Kane’
After seeing Mourinho’s interview, one Tottenham fan said: ‘What a stupid talking point as a distraction from the real issues’
More to follow.
