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Tottenham boss Mourinho frustrated by Pogba penalty call

Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho was left frustrated after their 1-1 draw with Manchester United.

Paul Pogba emerged as a second-half substitute to earn a late penalty, converted by Bruno Fernandes, to cancel out Steven Bergwijn's first-half opener for Spurs.

United keeper David de Gea was badly at fault when he failed to stop Bergwijn's powerful 27th-minute drive, so there was relief all-round for the visitors when Pogba surged into the area before he was hauled down clumsily by Eric Dier.

Mourinho said, "I think difficult to find the word, I have to try to find a nice word - a strange penalty because the team was so compact, so well organised.

"The players did fantastic work defensively - they had two dangerous shots that Hugo Lloris saved and nothing else. Everything else was under control. I have to admit for the last 15 minutes I would love to have had Lucas Moura here, Dele Alli here. The last 15 minutes were difficult for us.

"Lucas and Dele are players we need and we could feel that today. when you look to their bench and then to ours the difference in attacking options. Hopefully they will be back for West Ham because in this moment it is very, very important to change players."

On the penalty call, he added: "Paul Pogba did his job. That is it. I think Jonathan Moss was also trying to do his job the best he could. I think the VAR is a different situation."

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