Jose Mourinho fumed at his team’s ‘ridiculous’ defending last night after Manchester United conceded inside just 11 seconds at Wembley.
United were left shell-shocked by Christian Eriksen’s quick opener – the fastest Premier League goal conceded by the Red Devils – and failed to recover as Tottenham secured a vital victory.
Spurs added a second courtesy of Phil Jones’ comical 28th minute own goal and Mourinho blasted his team for their shocking start to the game, saying: ‘I don’t think it’s normal to concede a goal like we did after 15 seconds.
‘Straight from kick off is ridiculous. That goal after a few seconds has a big influence in the game because Tottenham can play the way they like to play.
‘Both goals were ridiculous goals. The first goal is an accumulation of mistakes in spite of the fact that everything happened so fast.
‘My players have watched the Tottenham kick-off many, many times.
‘It was a really, really bad goal. After the first goal the team had a good reaction – we were there and tried to create.
‘The second goal is not ridiculous but unlucky. Mentally kills the team. A team to win matches needs to score goals and also defend well – on this occasion we were very bad.’
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