Mourinho slams Solskjaer comments

Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho believes he is treated differently from other managers by the media as he hit back at Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's claims of playacting by Son Heung-min following Spurs' 3-1 loss to Manchester United on Sunday.

Son opened the scoring for Mourinho's men before second-half goals from Fred, Edinson Cavani and Mason Greenwood inflicted another damaging defeat on Tottenham's chances of a top-four finish in the Premier League.

However, it was Son's role in a goal by Cavani that was ruled out after a VAR review that sparked a war of words between Solskjaer and his predecessor at Old Trafford.

After reviewing the incident on the pitch-side monitor, referee Chris Kavanagh awarded Tottenham a freekick for a foul by Scott McTominay after the midfielder made minimal contact with Son's face in the buildup.

"If my son stays down like this for three minutes and needs his 10 mates to help him up, he won't get any food," said Solskjaer of the South Korean international, who was back on his feet to open the scoring four minutes later. "We weren't (conned), the referee was."

Mourinho took issue with journalists at his post-match news conference for not asking for his reaction to Solskjaer's comments.

"If it is me telling that player A, B or C from another club if it was my son, I wouldn't give him dinner tonight or something like that, what would be the reaction?" asked Mourinho.

"I think it is really sad you don't ask me about it. I think it is really sad you don't have the moral honesty to treat me the same way you treat others.

"In relation to that, I just want to say that Sonny is very lucky that his father is a better person than Ole.

"Because I think a father, I am a father, you have always to feed your kids it doesn't matter what they do. If you have to steal to feed your kids, you steal."

Two and a half years on from his sacking by United, Mourinho's job is under scrutiny again.

Spurs are now six points adrift of fourth-place West Ham and could fall to eighth in the table with an Everton victory on Monday.

AFP