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Jose Mourinho described the clash between Son Heung-min and Hugo Lloris as “beautiful”, saying that he told his players he was delighted with the extraordinary incident. Lloris, the Tottenham Hotspur captain, confronted Son on the pitch at half-time of their drab victory over Everton because he believed the forward had not put in the required defensive work in the final moments of the first half. The pair had to be separated by their team-mates before making their way down the tunnel, although Mourinho said they were “hugging each other” by the time he had reached the dressing room. Mourinho was highly critical of his players following their defeat by Sheffield United last week and he said he had asked them to be more demanding of each other. “It is beautiful,” Mourinho said of the clash. “Probably it was a consequence of our meetings. If you want to blame somebody for that, it’s me. “Because I was critical of my boys, because they are not – in my opinion – critical enough with themselves, with each other. I asked them to be more demanding. I asked them to demand more from others. “It is something very important for the team to grow up. For the team to grow up you need to demand from each other and be strong personalities. I was really pleased.” Asked what had caused the players to come together so angrily, Mourinho added: “Hugo thought that, in that minute of the game, the attacking players should do a little bit more. When I arrived at half-time I wanted to make sure players understood I was very happy with that. When I told them that, they realised there was nothing wrong. Premier League top 12
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