Tottenham Hotspur boss Jose Mourinho is a man under pressure – and he has fired back at Manchester United’s Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
Mourinho saw his Spurs side lose 3-1 to United on Sunday afternoon, meaning Tottenham’s Champions League hopes are looking like a very distant dream now.
The major talking point in the game came in the first half as United thought they had taken the lead through Edinson Cavani, but referee Chris Kavanagh ruled it out.
Kavanagh ruled that Scott McTominay’s hand in the face of Son Heung-min in the build-up was enough to overturn the decision, leaving United apoplectic.
Son then added insult to injury by popping up to open the scoring for Spurs, though United eventually ran out 3-1 winners.
United boss Solskjaer was raging at full time despite the win, as he made bizarre comments about how he wouldn’t feed his own son if he had stayed on the ground as long as Son did.
Mourinho then responded, as quoted by Sky Sports, launching into a tirade about how he hasn’t been asked about the situation despite deeming Solskjaer’s comments to be inflammatory.
Mourinho admitted that he thinks Son is ‘very lucky’ that his father is a better person than Solskjaer, with the focus diverted – either inadvertently or purposefully – more onto his comments than the game itself.
“Let me tell you something. I am very, very surprised that after the comments that Ole made on Sonny, you don’t ask me about it,” said
“And I told Ole already this, because I met him just a few minutes ago. If it’s me, telling that player A B or C from another club, ‘If it was my son I wouldn’t give him dinner tonight,’ or something like that, what would be the reaction?”
“It is very, very sad. I think it’s really sad that you don’t ask me about it. It’s really sad that you don’t have the moral honesty to treat me the same way you treat others.”
“I just want to say, Sonny is very lucky that his father is a better person than Ole, because I think a father – I am a father – you have to always feed your kids, it doesn’t matter what they do.”
“If you have to steal to feed your kids, you steal. I am very, very disappointed, and like we say in Portugal bread is bread and cheese is cheese, I told Ole already what I think about his comments,” he added.
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