Tottenham midfielder, Dele Alli is lucky to be in the running to face Southampton in the FA Cup after escaping major injury from a recent tackle from Raheem Sterling in Sunday’s 2-0 victory vs Manchester City, according to Jose Mourinho.
Jose also believes his behavior during the match saw him go viral for the wrong reasons.
According to Mou, he convinced the Spurs player after the game that he is very fortunate to have not suffered a very serious injury.
He added that he does not have any issues with Sterling because he does not think he wanted to injure his England teammate intentionally.
His words, “No, it’s not as bad [as we first thought],”
“So, there is a chance of him playing tomorrow [Wednesday], let’s wait and see.
“It’s just a question of being a little bit lucky, or unlucky. You need a little bit of luck. Dele Alli was very lucky.
“Did Sterling want to injure him? I don’t think so, I don’t believe that he wanted [to hurt Alli]. So, respect to Sterling, I have no problem at all.
“But the intention does not count. What counts is the action. It is a red card .”
“[I went viral] in a funny way, but not in a good way, but I say in a funny way,”
“I think the fact that now it is allowed to have the screen in front of us… I think it’s not good for the emotions, for our emotions, because we watch and we watch exactly the same as the VAR [official] is watching, decisions the referees don’t see as well as we do.
“That’s because the referees, they are on the pitch and, as I was saying the other day, it is 200 miles per hour and very difficult for them, and sometimes they don’t see things the same way we do.
“In 2004-05, I remember I tried to go with a screen to the bench and I was forbidden by the rules, and in this moment now you are allowed.
“So, I don’t think it’s good for the emotions. My reaction was just based on being able to watch everything on the screen, so I watched the Dele Alli situation, I watched the penalty, the pretend penalty – I watched everything, so that creates emotions, but okay, I went viral for the wrong reasons.”
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