Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho points to the sideline during the Premier League game against Fulham at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
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Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho says the solution for his side losing points late in the game is simple – score more points and avoid defensive mistakes.
Wednesday’s 1-1 draw with Fulham was a miserable retelling of the same story for Spurs when they lost a 1-0 lead for the fourth time this season in the last 15 minutes.
Overall, Mourinho’s side lost 10 points from winning positions in this campaign, which is everyone undermined credible attempt to fight for the Premier League title.
It was her failure to get games to bed that left her vulnerable at the end of the games, and Mourinho knows it has to change. </ "We have to score the goals we can and not make mistakes that punish us," he said ahead of Sunday's trip to Sheffield United.
« If you like Hugo (Lloris) with compare the performance of (Alphonse) Areola on Wednesday , you have an answer.
« Areola made some impossible saves in my opinion that would kill the game, including the post, then a defensive mistake and a goal.
» Besides that, we can do many, discuss many things, of course I don’t want to. I’ll be the first to go deep to understand what my team can improve and what needs to be improved. «
» I’m the first to do this. If you go to the basics, you score goals, kill games, you don’t score, you stay at the limit.
« If you don’t make a defensive mistake, you end up winning. If you make a defensive mistake, you can be punished . «
Spurs head to Bramall Lane to face a Blades team that won their first game of the season mid-week.
Chris Wilder’s men are still at risk of being the worst team of the Premier League but Mourinho insists their results don’t show the real picture.
« I don’t look at the table. Of course I look, but I go deeper than that, » he said. « They are not the worst team in the Premier League at all.
» They are a much, much, much better team than what is indicated in the table. They analyze their games and often the opponent was no better than them. «
» Often it was one of the small details that determined the points, the score and the table.
« Often they lose 1: 0, they draw 1-1, they are a very good team. If we play against the worst team in the Premier League in our eyes, we will get into big trouble. «
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