A Tottenham Hotspur goal after 60 seconds was five minutes from delivering the kind of victory at Wolves that made a cult figure of Jose Mourinho. But even he has lost patience with the idea that parsimony is the best way to win matches.
Mourinho lashed his team for failing to build on the early strike and accused his players of lacking ambition after Wolves pegged Spurs back with an equaliser four minutes from the end of normal time with a header from Romain Saïss.
“One point against Wolves normally wouldn’t be a bad result because they are a strong opponent. But scoring in the first minute and having 89 minutes to score more, there’s a sense of feeling frustrated,” the Spurs manager said. “I know the way I prepare the team, I know all that and don’t want to say much more than that. We didn’t have that ambition or desire to go for more.
“I don’t know if we deserved more than a point. We had the best thing that can happen to a team which is to score in the first minute.
“We had control of the game and conceded from a corner. We had 89 minutes to score more goals and we didn’t.
“Defending deep, that’s not the intention. The fact that we score early and don’t win matches is a concern. If we defend that last corner and we win 1-0 you would be asking me different questions but the feeling would be we just the same. We have 89 minutes to score more goals and didn’t.”
Former Wolves full-back now in the employ of Spurs, Matt Doherty, echoed Mourinho’s frustration.
“It’s very frustrating, such a late goal and from a set-piece again,” the right-back admitted. “We were only 1-0 up so it has cost us two points, we are not happy about it. It’s a missed opportunity.”
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