Liverpool Is The Best Team In The World – Mourinho

Tottenham manager, Jose Mourinho has said he did not understand how VAR was used in his team’s 1-0 defeat vs Liverpool on Saturday.

Liverpool scored a vital goal in the 1st half through Roberto Firmino, even if it was checked by VAR for a suspected handball from Jordan Henderson in the build-up after a throw-in.

Tottenham protested that the throw-in that began the move should have gone their way because Aurier knocked the ball off of Sadio Mane’s leg as it went out, but the goal eventually stood.

Reacting after the clash, Mourinho said it was indeed their throw-in but he accepts that in football, teams can get more than they deserve.

He added that Liverpool is the best team in the world.

His words, “I didn’t watch [the replay]. What I saw is 200% that the throw in for the start of the goal was our throw,”

“This is football. Sometimes you get more than you deserve. Sometimes you get less. This was an occasion when we got nothing when we deserved something,”

“This is the best team in the world against a team in a difficult moment, with injuries, in a difficult part of the season. The boys were fantastic when we tried to change and create problems.”

“Apart from the result, I think there were so many positive, but sometimes football is cruel and today was one of these days. The boys gave absolutely everything and Liverpool, on top of being a fantastic football team, today they can say they are a lucky team.

“We created chances and we started creating these chances when we felt the game was completely under control. When Liverpool have games broken is when they kill opponents, we never let that happen, we were very, very solid. Then we felt that we had to have a real go with players like [Erik] Lamela, who hasn’t started a game for three or four months.

“We put everything in, a fantastic effort and great individual performances. For some players, individually, it was their best performance since I arrived. Absolutely, good, good, good performances. We did what was possible to do. I think we deserve much more than this frustration for the result, but I’m proud of the boys.

“The only frustration from the game is that we conceded the goal from a throw-in and yesterday we spent half an hour on defensive throw-ins. I don’t know if the boys were disappointed that the throw-in was our throw-in and became theirs. I don’t know if there was a couple of seconds were [players thought] ‘it’s my ball and now there’s a throw-in against me’. But that one is a bit of a frustration, apart from that they were fantastic.

“Without a striker we managed to create situations and arrive in very dangerous situations.”