‘I apologise to the Tottenham supporters’ – Mourinho reacts to Dinamo Zagreb defeat

Jose Mourinho has revealed that he does not want to leave Tottenham Hotspur after being knocked out of the Europa League this evening by Dinamo Zagreb.

Spurs took a comfortable 2-0 lead to Croatia, knowing that a single away goal would be enough to kill off the tie.

Instead, the Lilywhites looked lazy and sloppy, as if they could walk their way into a European quarter-final. Dinamo Zagreb had other ideas.

Thanks to a hat-trick from Orsic, the home side put themselves ahead in the tie for the first time after forcing Spurs to extra-time.

While Mourinho’s men had a number of golden chances to win the game in the dying minutes, the Zagreb defence held firm and saw out a famous and historic victory.

Now out of Europe, out of the FA Cup and eighth in the Premier League, Jose Mourinho addressed the elephant in the room in his post-match interview. However, he claimed that he was not ready to leave North London.

He said (BT Sport 1 HD – 18/03/21 – 20:57): “We are in a situation I don’t want to go. I don’t think it is for me to go in that direction. I don’t want to say much more. On behalf of my team, in spite of some of my players that they don’t share my emotions, I apologise to the Tottenham supporters.”

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