Mauricio Pochettino believes his players who claim to have been insulted by referee Mr. Kuipers.
But he does not hide behind this excuse to explain this new defeat against Manchester City.
What disappointed you the most about this match?
MAURICIO POCHETTINO.
“We are all disappointed because we played well.
We applied our strategy from the start, and we got off to a good start.
But the result is what disappoints us the most, because at this level you need a bit of luck.
But hey, we gave it our all, so I'm proud of that.
Afterwards, I was disappointed by the red card, because already in the first leg, we played 15 minutes to ten, and this evening again 20 minutes outnumbered.
But that's not what was decisive.
"
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How to explain the mistakes made in the first leg and again tonight?
This was already the case in Paris.
And tonight, we gave Manchester City a gift on a situation we had anticipated.
But football is made of mistakes, even if when you make these types of mistakes, it's hard to make up for it again afterwards against a very good City team.
We didn't have that small percentage of luck in the two games.
We dominated the first half here, and also in the first half, but we didn't have the chance we needed.
Some players lost their heads at the end of the match, in
particular Di Maria
who received a red card.
Does this annoy you?
We were in the game, because you always have to believe in it.
Unfortunately after the red card, there were 20 minutes left, and we were very open.
So I can't say I'm happy, because our goal was to get to the final.
Your players have reported that
Leandro Paredes and Marco Verratti were insulted by referee M. Kuipers
.
What do you think ?
Marco (Verratti) and Ander (Herrera) talked about this during the TV talks.
You have to believe what they said.
I didn't hear anything, but if the referee said something, you have to believe the players and investigate.
We have to talk about it with UEFA, but that's no excuse.
The most important thing tonight is that we are not in the final.