Tottenham boss Igor Tudor has criticised the officers’ “ridiculous” choice to permit Fulham’s opener of their 2-1 loss at Craven Cottage as he accused Raul Jimenez of “cheating” for Harry Wilson’s purpose.
Jimenez had two fingers in Radu Dragusin’s again because the pair challenged for the ball within the build-up to Wilson’s seventh-minute opener.
However after a VAR verify, the purpose stood with the officers deeming the contact “did not meet the threshold for a foul”.
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Harry Wilson hammers dwelling an early purpose in opposition to Spurs regardless of Raul Jimenez’s push on Radu Dragusin within the build-up
The choice got here per week on from Spurs having a purpose disallowed of their 4-1 defeat to Arsenal after Gunners defender Gabriel went down beneath an identical push within the again from Randal Kolo Muani, which might have levelled the sport at 2-2.
The decision in west London left Tudor fuming as his facet slipped to a fourth consecutive Premier League defeat to deepen their relegation fears.
He mentioned of Fulham’s opener at his post-match press convention: “In fact it was a foul. I feel 99 out of 100 individuals mentioned it was a foul. It is so apparent.
“Sometimes the criteria don’t have consistency. Last week we had the same thing against Arsenal. It was the same situation before. We conceded the goal. They didn’t get the foul after they gave it – so, incredible.”
Tottenham gamers protest after Harry Wilson opened the scoring at Craven Cottage
He added: “Sometimes they don’t understand it’s enough, even a small contact, it gives you an advantage to score the goal. We need to cancel this.
“It is not a couple of regular duel, when he is mushy or not. When he pushes along with his fingers and do not watch the ball, generally it is simply straightforward to get a bonus.
“It’s ridiculous not to give the foul because the consequence is too big. It’s not a small foul in the middle of the pitch. It’s a goal after. There is a logic in that.
“The referee’s stunning factor [is] to maintain enjoying right here. Let’s play robust duels. It is unbelievable. I prefer it. However there’s a logic. If the purpose is as a result of he takes benefit, not enthusiastic about soccer, he was not enthusiastic about the ball. He (Jimenez) was pondering of the way to cheat.
“So he cheated, the player was pushing, and they scored the goal. So it’s a logic. It’s cheating, and then there’s the foul. It’s not the thing of duels, and that here football is more tough, and we like the duels. There’s nothing with that. So there was no logic in this decision. Logic is above everything. After come other things.”
Tudor questions lack of operating and combat in Fulham loss
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Highlights from the Premier League match between Fulham and Tottenham Hotspur
Tudor has endured a torrid begin to life at Spurs as he grew to become simply the second Tottenham supervisor to lose his first two video games in cost.
The loss in west London leaves Spurs sixteenth within the desk and simply 4 factors above the drop, however Tudor “did not want to speak about relegation”.
As a substitute, the Croatian was targeted on criticising his facet’s lack of operating, high quality and defending.
He mentioned: “It is a difficult state of affairs. Plenty of issues. I can’t inform you nothing new. We have to discover forces inside every of us. I mentioned to the gamers. It is all the time what you’ll do. What do you wish to do with your self? Extra character. Extra want to do earlier than reacting. Loads of issues.
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Alex Iwobi and Harry Wilson mix to attain a superb Fulham purpose in opposition to Spurs within the Premier League
“We lack when we attack. We are lacking the quality to score the goal. We are lacking in the middle to run. We are lacking behind to stay there and suffer and not concede the goal. An amazing situation.”
He added: “The situation was complicated because we know how many players are coming back. One thing is that you have a complete team that you can choose. One situation is that you cannot choose because you need to choose the quality to score the goal. You need to have quality players to score the goal, otherwise you cannot defend all the time.
“However when you’re in a foul second, you place the gamers, however then you definately lack defending, operating and successful the duels. So what to do? That is the large query sooner or later. To decide on what is correct for this crew. To discover a method, what we wish to be, what we might be on this second.
“So that’s very difficult to understand, because you get the quality, but also football is a sport of running and duels. I have a sensation that Fulham players always arrived before. Even with the brain, they arrived before us. They predict – we are always late.”
Spurs’ video games earlier than March worldwide break
Thursday: Crystal Palace (H) – Premier League, 8pm kick-off
March 10: Atletico Madrid (A) – Champions League final 16 first leg, kick-off 8pm
March 15: Liverpool (A) – Premier League, 4.30pm kick-off, stay on Sky Sports activities
March 18: Atletico Madrid (H) – Champions League final 16 second leg, kick-off 8pm
March 22: Nottingham Forest (H) – Premier League, kick-off 2.15pm, stay on Sky Sports activities
