CRASHED OUT: Spurs out of the FA cup in a nine-goal classic against Everton
February 11, 2021
Mourinho would have hoped to build on Sunday’s Premier League win against West Bromwich Albion after three successive defeats – but he was left to survey the end of Spurs’ FA Cup ambitions after a dramatic night on freezing Merseyside.
It all looked good for Spurs for the first half-hour as they had a deserved lead, but the manner in which they capitulated for those crucial minutes to concede three goals just before the break, and then continued to look vulnerable, meant this was a very damaging night.
Mourinho did not risk Kane from the start after his return from an ankle injury at the weekend, but when he was introduced it was with Spurs looking the more likely winners.
He will be particularly frustrated with his porous defence, given his stock-in-trade is meant to be a rearguard that gives nothing away.
This looked nothing like a Mourinho team.
This was the first time a team managed by Mourinho has conceded five goals since his Chelsea side lost 5-3 to his predecessor Mauricio Pochettino’s Tottenham in January 2015.
And another sub-plot to this FA Cup exit was the absence of Gareth Bale, who Mourinho said had complained of a muscular issue so was not even on the bench.
Bale’s return to Spurs on loan from Real Madrid, hailed as a coup when he arrived, has turned into a huge anti-climax. It will continue to be a distraction if results do not improve.
This was a night where there was very little in the way of good news for Mourinho and Spurs – and next they face a visit to rampant Manchester City on Saturday.
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