Jose Mourinho, Tottenham’s enigmatic manager, stormed off
the field into the restroom in search of Eric Dier, one of his players, who
hurriedly left the pitch during Tottenham’s Carabao Cup fourth round penalty
shootout win over Chelsea on Tuesday.
With Chelsea leading 1-0 from Timo Werner’s first half
strike, Spurs were dominating the second period before Dier dashed down the
tunnel in the 75th minute and this afforded Chelsea a rare opening that was
squandered.
A visibly annoyed Mourinho stormed down the tunnel
afterwards to fetch the England international who returned three minutes later.
Tottenham would eventually equalise on 83 minutes before claiming a rare win against an expensively-assembled Chelsea squad.
Jose Mourinho was NOT happy when Eric Dier ran to the toilet during the match 🚽
— Goal (@goal) September 29, 2020
So he ran after him! 🤣#TOTCHE
🎥 @DAZN_CA pic.twitter.com/WBaEn2hK11
Speaking of the incident after the match, Dier said he had
to obey nature’s call.
“After playing on Sunday it wasn’t easy, maybe that’s the
reason I had to run off but we got through it! All of the staff and the players
put the effort in,” he said.
“Jose wasn’t happy but
there was nothing I could do about it, nature was calling. I heard there was a
chance while I was off the pitch but thankfully they didn’t score.”
On his part, Mourinho praised the player’s dedication and
blamed the incident on dehydration.
“What happened to Eric Dier is not normal, I have to praise
him in a special way,” the former Chelsea manager said.
“It should be forbidden for a player to play two games in 48
hours at this level [after he played against Newcastle]. What he did is not
human to do.
“He had to go [to the restroom], he had no chance. Maybe it is a normal thing when you are completely dehydrated which is the case, I had to put pressure on him to get back but he is a great example for everybody. If the authorities don’t care about players, I care.”
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