The Tottenham coach, Jose Mourinho, criticized the behavior of Jurgen Klopp and Liverpool’s coaching staff moved their 2-1 victory in the Premier League on Wednesday.
The teams met in a game at the top of the table, at Anfield, in which Liverpool scored the winning goal in the last minute with which they lead by three points to the Spurs.
But Mourinho was upset after he felt pressure from Liverpool’s technical area and said it was the reason he debated Giovani Lo Celso, who prepared Son Heung-Min’s goal for Tottenham.
“We were playing to win, not to get a point,” Mourinho said. “One point would have been a pretty fair result but we played to win and we had the best chance of winning. The moment you had chances and the reaction you had, they were in trouble.
“The game was always under control. I’m sorry it was an ingested result, but that’s how football is. At the break we moved the pieces a bit, but overall the game was always under control and I’m very happy with that performance.” , he said.
“The changes were to look for counterattack situations that we did immediately, but with the yellow card of Gio [Lo Celso] and the incredible pressure that will be men on the sideline put on the referees, they were afraid of the yellow card and had to take it out.
“I’m not the one to talk to my colleagues about their behavior on the bandwagon.”
Klopp downplayed his post-match conversation with Mourinho and added: “Nothing serious, he said himself, so I don’t have to repeat it. No discussion.”
But the Liverpool coach was more direct in praising his team, claiming that they dominated the proceedings and that the Spurs goal was not maintained.
“It was a good game against a monster on the counterattack, the possession we had we handled it incredibly well,” said Klopp. “Yes, they scored a goal, they had two chances, apart from that, we controlled the game and it’s three points that are massively deserved and I’m happy.
“For me, out of place (the Spurs goal). They saw him 20 times, but when I saw him, he was out of place. There is no one to blame, the best way to defend Tottenham is to keep the ball all the time.
“It was a really good game and I’m very happy to have scored that goal because it was synthesized as 70 percent of the ball against a top winger. Bobby [Firmino]”What a header! What a game he gave, those moves, it opens all the other gaps.”