Mourinho refuses to criticise Bale with poor form after brighton defeat

February 1, 2021

Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho had nothing negative to say about Gareth Bale after his side’s defeat at Brighton in the Premier League.

Spurs came into the game on the back of a loss against Liverpool at home, and needed points to keep up in the top four race.

But they were dealt another blow, being dominated in the game and losing 1-0.

Bale started in place of the injured Harry Kane, but made no contribution to the game.

Asked why Bale struggled, Mourinho responded to reporters: “I am not going to individualise the performance.

“We tried in the first half to give the team similar dynamic as we have hen Harry is playing.

“We felt to connect with Son, the way we work all the time in the sense of Harry, we tried to do that with Gareth coming in side with his left foot vision.

“We tried to give that with Bergwijn too but the team was not good in the first half. In the second half we improved very much.”