Mourinho demands killer instinct
Liverpool, Wednesday
Jose Mourinho said Tottenham must learn to kill games off if they are to win a first league title in 60 years after Roberto Firmino’s late winner earned Liverpool a 2-1 win over his side on Wednesday.
The Brazilian’s towering header ended an 11-game unbeaten league run for Mourinho’s men and opened up a three-point lead for the defending champions at the top of the Premier League table.
Liverpool enjoyed 76 percent possession and had 11 shots on target to Tottenham’s two, but Mourinho still believed Spurs would have been deserving winners had they taken their chances early in the second half.
Steven Bergwijn hit the post and Harry Kane uncharacteristically headed a huge opportunity over at 1-1.
“We were so close to a win, not so close to a draw,” said Mourinho, who had an exchange of words with Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp at full-time.
“A draw would be a bad result in relation to the performance, so you can imagine how we feel with the defeat.
“Of course they had more of the ball but when we had it, we knew how to hurt them. We have to score -- the second, third goal, we have to score it to kill the game.
“In matches like these where you don’t have 10 chances, just three or four, you have to score three and kill it, which we didn’t.”
Liverpool are now 66 games unbeaten in the league at Anfield and showed why they remain the favourites in a wide-open title race with their ability to consistently win tight games late on.
“Completely deserved,” said Klopp of his side’s victory. “A really good game against a top side, a counter-attacking monster.
“You lose one ball and you end up with an 80 percent possibility in your own box so you have to really concentrate.” - AFP
