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Jose Mourinho said Tottenham’s performance reminded him of “the mouse and the cat” after Spurs failed in an FA Cup clash with Everton.
Tottenham found themselves on the wrong side of a thrilling 5-4 clash in the fifth round, with Everton needing a Bernard goal in extra time to pass Mourinho’s side.
Wednesday’s game was the strongest game in Mourinho’s Spurs tenure as well as the strongest FA Cup game between two top-level teams since February 1961, when Sheffield Wednesday won 7-2 against Manchester United.
What did Mourinho have to say?
“I liked it and I didn’t like it. I liked the way we played with the ball,” he told BT Sport.
“We created, we had a great movement, we scored goals, created chances. We showed great character to fight against incredible mistakes. But attacking football only wins matches when you don’t. don’t make more mistakes than you make. We scored four goals and it was. Not enough.
“It hurts everyone. The feeling is that we played really well with the ball, we were brave, we were the best team at 1-0 and in five minutes it was a mistake, a mistake, a error, a goal, a goal, a goal.
“We fought again but we had more mistakes. It was the mouse and the cat. The mouse was our mistakes and the cat was us trying to make up for it.
The big picture
Tottenham quit the FA Cup in the fifth round, ending the club’s hopes of continuing to end the ongoing trophy drought.
The best chance for the team to do so will almost certainly come in the Carabao Cup final, where Mourinho and Co take on Manchester City on April 25.
As it stands, Spurs sit eighth in the Premier League, four points behind the top four and 14 points behind league leaders City.
Furthermore, Spurs also remain in the Europa League as the round of 16 draws near to kick-off.
What’s next for Tottenham?
Spurs are set to travel to the Etihad this weekend to face Manchester City, who cut Swansea in their own FA Cup game.
After that, Tottenham will face Wolfsberger in Austria to kick off their first Europa League knockout game.
Further reading
Kane moves up to second in Tottenham’s all-time scorers’ charts with a strike against Everton
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