Mourinho’s Hypocrisy Knows No Bounds – Three Talking Points From Tottenham’s 5-2 Win Over Chelsea

A brace from Harry Kane and one each from Danny Rose, Andros Townsend and Nacer Chadli were enough to ensure Tottenham’s first League victory over Chelsea in 10 League games. Although the visitors took the lead thanks to a contentious goal from Diego Costa, Kane, who was Spurs’ best player leveled the score on the half-hour mark thanks to a brilliant solo-goal.

Two quick goals right on the stroke of half-time, first by Rose and the second, a penalty slotted away by Townsend meant that the hosts went into the break 3-1 ahead. They extended their advantage early in the second as Kane added another. And just when it looked like the Blues were back into the contest with a goal from Eden Hazard, Chadli scored for Spurs to make it 5-2. Although John Terry scored late on, it wasn’t enough as Spurs won to climb into fifth place. Here are the major talking points.

Kane exploits Chelsea’s main weakness

At the start of the season, when Harry Kane was seldom getting any League games for Spurs, few would have believed the impact that the Englishman would go onto have in the last few months. On Thursday, Kane scored twice, assisted the other and won a penalty as well as Spurs ran out 5-3 winners over their London rivals. Through his performance, he highlighted the one main flaw in the Chelsea defense, their lack of pace through the middle.

As good as John Terry and Gary Cahill were, they simply didn’t have the legs any longer to contain fast players running at them. Sadio Mane managed to get the better of them on Sunday and on Thursday it was Kane, whose tireless running posed a threat that the Blues hadn’t encountered so far this season. The 21-year-old showed tremendous maturity and patience as he ran rings around the Chelsea defense, which conceded five goals in the Premier League for the first time under Jose Mourinho.

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Chelsea look tired

For all the talk of Chelsea cruising to the title early in the season, the Blues are currently top with an identical record as Manchester City. And the one thing that is hurting them, especially away from home, is their biggest strength so far this season, the consistency of their starting XI. So far this season, Mourinho has seldom changed his starting XI unless he has been forced to via injuries or suspension and while familiarity does breed consistency, there comes a point where you need to change, just to freshen things up.

Gary Cahill, who was disastrous against Spurs and who, should have been sent off for kicking Kane in the back near the touchline simply looked like a player who has played far too many games this season. While Nemanja Matic and Willian, two players who have almost been ever-present this season looked knackered and were run ragged by a Spurs side who did to them, what they do others, press high up the pitch. Mourinho has one of the strongest squads in the League and if Chelsea are to ensure that there is no repeat of the performance against Spurs, he needs to make full use of his squad depth and give players like Kurt Zouma and Mohammed Salah a chance.

Mourinho’s hypocrisy knows no bounds

One of the reasons why many people backed Chelsea at the start of the season to win the title was because of Mourinho. The Portuguese manager is without a doubt, the best in the world when it comes to preparing his side for a contest, but over the past few weeks he has shown just why he is loathed by so many fans and pundits alike. While it is true that managers are sore losers, Mourinho’s ability to blame almost everyone but his players for a defeat is simply remarkable.

Whether it was talking about a campaign against his team, when his players have clearly dived throughout the season or complaining about referees for not giving penalties, that are by no means nailed on, Mourinho’s siege mentality has been on show for all to see. Mentioning quite clearly that his side should have had a penalty while completely forgetting the incident involving Cahill, for which the centre back should’ve seen red, shows just how narrow-minded he is. And whether he wins the League or not, unless he stops acting like a hypocrite and starts accepting his side’s short-comings, he will continue to be hated.