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Tottenham's AVB unhappy with lack of respect from the press

Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas was not in a jovial mood after his side twice squandered the lead to eventually draw 2-2 with Manchester United at White Hart Lane on Sunday.

The Spurs boss was criticised by certain sections of the media during the week and touched on that fact in the post-match press conference when singling out one journalist in particular for a piece written about him.

Villas-Boas defended himself after rumours regarding his tenure at the club continued to swirl and felt his side fought back well from last week's horror 6-0 loss to Manchester City.

"A couple of people insult my integrity, my human values, my professionalism and one of these people is sitting over here," he said.

"It insults the success that I have achieved in other clubs and I don't think it's fair. I think it's a lack of respect and an attack on a person's integrity.

"I don't want to undermine other managers. You can easily compare situations. We have sat above Man City before and above Man United before and we haven't seen any kind of these personal attacks to somebody so I think that is unfair.

"It's something that obviously comes with the 6-0 thrashing but more important is the team and the response and I think the players did that in great, great fashion."

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