Former England representative Paul Merson, who is active as a football expert, criticized Tottenham and Mourinho in a column in England’s’Skysports’ column. Tottenham, who once took the lead in mid-December, achieved undefeated 11 games in the Premier League (7 wins, 4 draws) from the second round of this season. The expectation of the first victory was also swelling, but from the 12th round, he fell into a slump with 5 losses (2 wins and 3 draws) in 10 games, and was pushed to the 8th place in the league with a recent 3 consecutive losses.
About Tottenham, English football expert Merson said, “Some of the fans may see this, and some may think I’m talking hard.” did.
“Sheffield United is currently in the bottom and they have only won two. However, he won against Manchester City two weeks ago (0-1) without a talent like Tottenham. The first half (0–1 against Chelsea on the 4th) was a shame for fans. I couldn’t believe what I saw. I’m curious what Jose Mourinho said to the players.”
“Chelsea is said to have improved since Thomas Tuchel took office, but it is not a fluid team. It is not a team that produces goals. Timo Werner hasn’t found its place yet. To such an opponent, Tottenham still used a strategy of 10 players behind the ball. Are they fighting Brazil? Or maybe he thought he was playing in the second leg after winning 1-0 against Barcelona in its heyday?”
Along with this, “It was fortunate that there were no 65,000 audiences. Had it been, there would have been an uproar. Not only booing, he may have been killed,” he pointed out. “What Harry Kane and Son Heung-min do is to pull up the tree. I can’t believe the current record obtained this way,” he criticized Mourinho.
“The bigger problem is that this style has been through for many years in Mourinho. He was great, but I don’t know if he can create a chance for a reversal this time. It is difficult to ask yourself why you have to change when you win. It’s up to him now.”
Kyungsoo Kim, Editor-in-Chief of Global Economics [email protected]