JOSE MOURINHO lashed out at VAR after Tottenham’s 3-1 defeat to Manchester United.
And the Special One also conceded: Our top four hopes are fading fast.
Spurs came into Sunday’s crunch clash having seen fellow Champions League hopefuls West Ham, Chelsea and Liverpool all pick up crucial wins this weekend.
Things were looking great for the Londoners when Son Heung-Min fired the home side ahead.
But a second-half capitulation saw the Red Devils score three to seal victory in the capital.
And Spurs are now six points behind fourth-place West Ham with just seven games to play.
Some feel Tottenham were also fortunate to get away with having a United goal in the first half disallowed by VAR.
Scott McTominay was judged to have raised his hand into Son’s face in the build-up for an Edinson Cavani goal.
VAR controversially ruled the strike out moments before Son then put Spurs ahead.
But despite appearing to benefit from the video system, Mourinho lashed out at it for, in his eyes, failing to spot an apparent elbow by Paul Pogba on Serge Aurier.
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MARK HALSEY’S VIEW
EDINSON CAVANI should not have had a first-half goal disallowed at Tottenham.
I felt Scott McTominay did not commit a foul on Son Heung-Min in the build-up to Cavani’s strike.
It was a slight hand-off by the Manchester United midfielder, the sort you see in every football match and nowhere near enough contact to force the Spurs forward to go down in the matter he did.
The incident wasn’t a clear and obvious error by referee Chris Kavanagh and a subjective decision to allow play to continue.
It was fine for VAR to check Cavani’s resulting goal but official Craig Pawson at Stockley Park should not have recommended a review.
VAR have re-refereed the incident because as soon as Kavanagh went to the monitor he was under huge pressure to overturn his original decision.
Kavanagh should have mentally tough enough to stick with his initial call as he was in an excellent position.
The PGMOL explanation of this incident was nonsense and showed a major lack of understanding of football. Contact in football is not always a foul.
If the officials deemed McTominay was a foul then why wasn’t Paul Pogba punished for a worse action on Serge Aurier earlier in the half?
This is where the inconsistency drives everyone in the game mad and it is no surprise both Jose Mourinho and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said afterwards they don’t understand the decision making anymore.
And as a result of losing their tenth Premier League match this season, Mourinho also feels a top four finish may now be out of reach for his struggling Spurs side.
The Portuguese tactician told Sky Sports after the final whistle: “My opinion it was a good game but we didn’t deserve this result at all.
“We were unlucky because maybe Pogba should get a red card for an elbow on Serge Aurier.
“I don’t know anything anymore [about VAR]. I watched Fulham vs Wolves, I don’t understand anything anymore.
“Sometimes you get, sometimes you don’t get, I don’t know how to comment. You don’t celebrate a goal because you are afraid.
“It is difficult for everybody. For us, the players, the referees.
“Lots of contradictions and decision you don’t understand very well. That’s not my problem, I cannot fix this.
“[Top four?] You look to the table and see the distance to them.
“You know it’s difficult but it is mathematically possible.”
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
