Jose Mourinho lashed out at VAR Michael Oliver and did not spare his own players criticism after a demoralising defeat at Sheffield United.
The video official ruled out a first half “goal” from Harry Kane for handball that proved pivotal and which pundit Jamie Redknapp described as one of the worst decisions he had ever seen.
Mourinho said: “I can’t answer what I feel, Jamie can do it, there is no problem for him.
Sheffield United 3-1 Tottenham
“I can’t because then I would be in trouble with the institutions and I want to protect myself and my club.
“Normally I’m an emotional guy on the bench but now I don’t complain to the man with the whistle because he is not a referee any more. He is an assistant.
“And the assistant referees are the assistant’s assistants because the referee is in the office.
“The people in the office should just support, especially when a referee who’s not very good on the pitch, you can’t expect he’s very good in the office.
“We’re going in a direction that is really, really bad for the game.”
The Spurs manager, however, was not impressed with his players’ response to that setback and challenged them to show stronger character.
He said: “We have to be mentally stronger. We can’t mentally die after Michael Oliver’s decision.
“I know it was a kick in the teeth but with 50 minutes to go we have to be stronger. That’s my criticism of the team.
“In spite of my effort in the dressing room at half-time, I think I know more the profile of my players and I felt it. I feared in the second half we wouldn’t be strong enough to cope.
“Clearly, if these boys don’t care about results and don’t care about the position we finish in we will be in big, big trouble for the future.
“I hope that they care and fight for the best position in the table.”
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