Case for the defence
Mourinho angered as backline make a show of themselves
NORWICH: Jose Mourinho bemoaned Tottenham’s inability to keep clean sheets after twice having to come from behind to salvage a 2-2 draw at bottom-of-the-table Norwich.
Slack Spurs defending allowed Mario Vrancic to open the scoring and only a VAR review to harshly rule out Teemu Pukki’s goal prevented Mourinho’s men trailing 2-0 at half-time.
Even once the visitors had regained a foothold in the game via Christian Eriksen’s free-kick, they shot themselves in the foot at the back once more as Serge Aurier’s calamitous own goal restored Norwich’s lead.
Harry Kane’s penalty eight minutes from time ensured Spurs did not slump to a third defeat in seven games, but they failed to take the chance to leapfrog Chelsea into the top four.
The area of the field with work to do for Mourinho remains obvious and his side have kept just one clean sheet in 10 games since he took over.
Tottenham’s season is being chronicled as an Amazon documentary and Mourinho believes the focus of that show should be on his side’s defending.
“I think if Amazon wants to do episodes, they will have for sure one episode about our defensive mistakes and the goals that we concede,” he told Sky Sports.
“We conceded two very bad goals, the first and the one that was offside but two very bad goals.
“Second half I think we were very, very good with the ball; we create, dominate with play but again the goal (conceded) is a very bad one.
“To score two goals away from home, you have to win. You cannot concede as many goals as we do, but our defensive mistakes are match after match.”
Norwich manager Daniel Farke said the disallowed goal was tough to take.
“It’s not in the sense of the game.”