Friday, 19 June 2020

José Mourinho 'really upset' at penalty incidents after Spurs' draw with United

  • Tottenham manager wanted diving Bruno Fernandes ‘exposed’
  • Mourinho also suggests five subs rule favours ‘powerful squads’

José Mourinho said he was “really upset” at how Tottenham were pegged back late on for a 1-1 draw by Manchester United, complaining at the nature of the equalising penalty and an even later incident when VAR overruled what would have been a second spot-kick against his team, before making a point about how the new five substitutes rule favours clubs with greater resources.

Paul Pogba, on as a second-half substitute for United, won the penalty that Bruno Fernandes converted, getting in front of Eric Dier with a piece of skill and then going to ground. United almost had another spot-kick when Fernandes went down under another Dier challenge only for VAR replays to show that the Portuguese had dived and make the overrule.

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