ANOTHER shaggy dog story, eh Jose.
Just 24 hours after admitting he did not know the identity of the Dulux dog, Spurs boss Mourinho let go of another lead.
Tottenham arrived here having dropped 18 points from winning positions under his stewardship in the Premier League this season, wth the only worse offenders being Brighton.
And after Harry Kane had put Spurs ahead, they made another dog’s dinner of it again as their old boy Gylfi Sigurdsson came back to haunt them with a brace to put the Toffees 2-1 up just ahead of the hour mark.
The Icelandic, like the rest of us, must have believed he had frozen out Tottenham’s top-four hopes.
But cometh the hour, cometh the Kane and the England captain earned his club a draw with his 12th goal in 12 games against Everton in all competitions.
This nondescript point keeps Tottemham seventh in the Premier League table, just one point and one place above the Toffees.
But what it does for manager Mourinho’s hopes of keeping his Spurs job is anybody’s guess.
In the week his club announced their new paint sponsor, the Special One might try to claim everything is whiter than white but that is far from truth.
Mourinho, despite his best efforts, is clearly struggling to paper over the cracks.
This is not entirely his fault as the rot had set in long before he was appointed as Mauricio Pochettino’s successor in November 2019.
The Portuguese has not always helped himself, but you get the feeling Tottenham are a club who do not want to help themselves.
After 13 years without a trophy, you feel Spurs and Mourinho’s only hope of keeping his job is beating Manchester City in next Sunday’s Carabao Cup Final.
Though even that might not be enough.
You also wonder what was going through Carlo Ancelotti’s nind after this.
Not so long ago Everton’s Italian chief was battling with Mourinho to decide the best in Europe.
Last night they went head to head in a clash nobody cared about to sort out who was the less rubbish in the Premoer League,
No surprise it was not a classic.
The previous four meetings between these clubs had produced 22 goals.
This included February’s fantastic FA Cup fifth round tie which ended with the Toffees winning 5-4 after extra time.
In truth, this encounter never looked like matching that in terms of goalmouth action. And so it passed…
The opening stages were totally nondescript until Kane fired Tottenham ahead from Tanguy Ndombele’s cross in the 27th minute.
The finish was so out of keeping with the match, but then a growing number would insist Kane is extraordinary as far as Tottenham are concerned, and as a consequence, should join a club able to furish him with the awards and accolades his talent undeniably deserves.
Biut within a few minutes Everton were given the chance to level after James Rodriguez went down in the box under a challenge from Spurs defender Sergio Reguilon and ref Michael Oliver, regardless of logic, pointed to the spot.
TV replays showed contact, along with commonsense, was minimal.
But ex-Spur Gylfi Sigurdsson was not fussed as he sent his former team-mate Hugo Lloris in the visitors’ goal the wrong way to make it 1-1.
This shifted momentum and Lloris had to be alert to thwat two further shots from Rodriguez.
Sigurdsson made it 2-1 to Everton with an excellent finish in the 62nd minute.
But Kane showed he is still the master by firing home his second of the night to level matters eight minutes later.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
