'I hope noise is same as when VAR kills us' - Mourinho on Lo Celso's red issue

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Jose Mourinho wants the same “noise” to be generated by VAR controversies when they go for and against his Tottenham side, with Giovani Lo Celso sparking another debate against Chelsea.

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Mourinho is eager to avoid being dragged into discussions regarding VAR as the “human error” on show in a meeting with Chelsea has worked in his favour and against him in 2019-20.

The Portuguese told reporters when quizzed on the Lo Celso incident: “I hope the noise is the same [from Stockley Park] as when the VAR kills us.

“The same as when Liverpool and [Andy] Robertson should have got a red card. The same as [Etienne] Capoue at Watford which should have been.”

In brushing off a possible dismissal for one of his players, Mourinho was eager to turn attention towards the lack of firepower he has at his disposal.

Harry Kane and Heung-min Son have suffered untimely injuries, with Spurs lacking the options possessed by many of their rivals.

“Look at Chelsea: they played a World Cup-winning striker up front (Olivier Giroud), England’s second striker on the bench (Tammy Abraham), and Belgium’s second striker (Michy Batshuayi) in the stands,” said Mourinho.

“We had no strikers on the pitch, no strikers on the bench and two in the hospital.”

Mourinho added to BBC Sport: “I think you are going to be very bored with me, because I think I'm going to be very repetitive. I'm going to say exactly the same words I told against Leipzig.

“I'm very proud of the players, they gave absolutely everything. We don't have a striker. Our attacking players are not strikers and are in huge levels of fatigue, so very, very difficult for us. No tactical problems, [we were] completely in control of the space, punished by a couple of individual mistakes.

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