Tottenham’s French goalkeeper Hugo Lloris sharply attacked a teammate, South Korean striker Son Heung-min, and was retained by teammates at half-time between the matches. Spurs and Everton during the 33rd day of the Premier League.
The referee had barely whistled for the end of the first act when the captain of the France team and Spurs ran across half the ground to harass his teammate Son.
Hugo Lloris did not appreciate the lack of determination put by the South Korean striker to defend, a few seconds earlier, on an action that ended with a too crossed strike from Richarlison. The most dangerous action of Toffees during the first 45 minutes.
Three players, including his teammate at the Blue Moussa Sissoko, intervened and pushed back the guard so that the dispute was settled in the locker room and not in front of the cameras.
The Spurs yet led 1-0 at break, a score that has not changed in the last 45 minutes.
Returning from the locker room, the two players entered side by side on the field and, at the end of the match, Hugo Lloris hugged and briefly raised Son in his arms, the two men being all smiles.
After the match, Hugo Lloris put the incident into perspective at the microphone of Sky Sports.
“What happened between Sonny and me is just part of football, sometimes. But there is no problem at all. You saw it at the end of the match, we are more than happy to be in this team and to have taken the three points“, he assured.
He confirmed that it was the attitude of his teammate on the last occasion of the first act that caused the explosion of adrenaline and testosterone.
“Give an opportunity a few seconds before half time, because we did not press properly, yes it annoyed me. But it’s part of football, it’s not a problem, we move on.“
The coach of Spurs, José Mourinho, always sly and provocative, claimed responsibility for the incident and displayed some satisfaction.
“If you want to criticize someone, it’s me“he said about the incident.”I have criticized my players who are not, in my eyes, critical enough towards each other. I asked them to be more demanding and put their teammates under pressure so that there is this team spirit where we give everything for each other.“
As for the hanging itself, “there were a few bad words, I don’t even know if there were strollers or not, but it’s something important for the team to grow, because you need strong personalities, so I was very happy“said the Special One, one of his nicknames.
“I told them at the break: with this type of reaction, I have no doubt that in the second period you will be united until the end“, he even confided.
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