Tottenham: Mourinho says he is ‘proud’ of team despite losing
Tottenham midfielder Giovani Lo Celso was extremely lucky to avoid a red card after a horror tackle on Chelsea defender Cesar Azpilicueta. VAR originally said there was no serious foul play but Stockley Park have since admitted they were wrong.
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He said: “I think you are going to be very bored with me, because I think I'm going to be very repetitive. I'm going to say exactly the same words I told against Leipzig.
“I’m very proud of the players, they gave absolutely everything. We don't have a striker. Our attacking players are not strikers and are in huge levels of fatigue, so very, very difficult for us.
“No tactical problems, [we were] completely in control of the space, punished by a couple of individual mistakes.
“In the last part of the game when Chelsea was scared of the 2-1 we didn't have that presence, that power, we didn't have that to do more than what we did.
Tottenham star Giovani Lo Celso was lucky to escape getting a red card (Image: GETTY)
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“To create chances you need a target man or fast people that can interchange positions, you need a different dynamic to the team. We don't have a striker and we have tired players, it's as simple as that.
“We did very, very well. If we score before our opponent, I think we have a chance because we are well organised. But when they score before us and drop back it's very, very difficult for us.
“A defeat is a defeat, but the good thing is, in the last seconds the players were still fighting for a result and that for me is a very important thing.”
Tottenham return to action against Wolves in the Premier League on Sunday, March 1 (2pm).