• ‘We lost the game because of us, not because of excuses’• Manager unhappy with performance in loss at BurnleyJudging by his angry reaction at the end of a surprisingly tame capitulation at Burnley, Mauricio Pochettino did not want Tottenham’s season streamlining to this extent. The manager himself admitted that the title is now out of reach, leaving just the Champions League as a possible route to tangible reward, and that may explain why he allowed his frustration to boil over in an unnecessary altercation with the referee Mike Dean. Related: Claude Puel sacked by Leicester City as club target Brendan Rodgers Related: ‘I’ve had to hold back animal Harry Kane’s Spurs return,’ says Pochettino Continue reading......
