Everything indicates that the incident between José Mourinho and Jürgen Klopp has not ended, at least by the Tottenham coach. According to the Evening Standard newspaper, Mourinho has suggested that he was forced to replace Giovani Lo Celso in the second half because Klopp and the Liverpool bench were trying to get the middle, who had already seen a yellow card, be sent off.
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Mourinho said about Lo Celso: “At half-time we tried to move pieces to improve. And we did it. The tactical changes were to give Gio Lo Celso more space coming from the right to have a little more the ball and find counter-attack situations, which we did immediately in the first 10 minutes. But that yellow card and the behavior of those guys on the touchline, putting incredible pressure on the referees, made me fear a second warning ”.
Mou added: “Gio was playing exactly in front of his bench, in an area that was very dangerous. I was worried about the possible yellow card and that is why I had to remove Lo Celso ”. The Tottenham coach introduced Lucas Moura for the Argentine midfielder.
After the final whistle, Mourinho told Klopp, in the German's words confirmed by the Portuguese, that “the best team had lost.” Klopp added: “I thought he was joking, but no, he wasn't.” The truth is that the Tottenham coach also criticized Klopp for his complaints in the wing area, arguing that if Mourinho himself behaved like this “they would throw me out at the minute.” But the German coach assured that “Mourinho did not tell me anything about my behavior on the touchline.”