{"id":1135679,"date":"2020-03-09T12:04:28","date_gmt":"2020-03-09T12:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1135679"},"modified":"2020-03-09T12:04:28","modified_gmt":"2020-03-09T12:04:28","slug":"mourinho-ndombele-scapegoat-harsh","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/mourinho-ndombele-scapegoat-harsh\/","title":{"rendered":"Spurs boss Mourinho&#8217;s &#8216;scapegoating&#8217; of Ndombele was unjustified, says Murphy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Danny Murphy has criticised <span id=\"urn:enhancement-984ba9a4\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/tottenham_hotspur_f-c\">Tottenham<\/span> manager <span id=\"urn:enhancement-a654659c\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/jose_mourinho\">Jose Mourinho<\/span> for making Tanguy Ndombele a &#8220;scapegoat&#8221; in the wake of the north Londoners&#8217; 1-1 draw with <span id=\"urn:enhancement-41debadf\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/burnley_fc\">Burnley<\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old French midfielder started the Premier League encounter at Turf Moor but only played the opening 45 minutes before making way for Giovani Lo Celso at half-time.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Ndombele&#8217;s struggles at Spurs: Five key things to know\u2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Tottenham signed Ndombele for a club record fee of \u00a353.8m in July 2019.<\/li>\n<li>He&#8217;s struggled to hold down a regular starting berth in <span id=\"urn:enhancement-9594dd39\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/tottenham_hotspur_f-c\">Spurs<\/span> midfield, having started just 12 of their 29 league matches.<\/li>\n<li>Ndombele has only completed the full 90 minutes on three occasions and just once under <span id=\"urn:enhancement-cf898e9e\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/jose_mourinho\">Mourinho<\/span>.<\/li>\n<li><span id=\"urn:enhancement-8837777\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/jose_mourinho\">Mourinho<\/span> singled him out for playing below par in their recent 1-1 draw at <span id=\"urn:enhancement-f91acb83\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/burnley_fc\">Burnley<\/span>.<\/li>\n<li>Former <span id=\"urn:enhancement-891ab0e6\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/tottenham_hotspur_f-c\">Spurs<\/span> midfielder Danny Murphy, though, feels <span id=\"urn:enhancement-ce564539\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/jose_mourinho\">Mourinho<\/span> was harsh to make him a &#8220;scapegoat&#8221;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>https:\/\/audioboom.com\/posts\/7523209<\/p>\n<p>Since replacing Mauricio <span id=\"urn:enhancement-a75cfb8e\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/mauricio_pochettino\">Pochettino<\/span> at the backend of 2019 the much-travelled Portuguse tactician has sparsely used Ndombele, who arrived in north London from Lyon last summer for a reported fee of \u00a353.8m &#8211; the most <span id=\"urn:enhancement-7185c306\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/tottenham_hotspur_f-c\">Spurs<\/span> have ever spent on a player.<\/p>\n<p>A number of Europe&#8217;s top clubs, notably Juventus and Real Madrid, were rumored to be keen in acquiring his services and Ndombele&#8217;s arrival was seen as a coup for a side determined to build on reaching their first Champions League final.<\/p>\n<p>But it&#8217;s proven to be a challenging first season in <span id=\"urn:enhancement-a3787c3d\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/england\">England<\/span> for the France international, who has only made 13 appearances under <span id=\"urn:enhancement-27c1cb9a\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/jose_mourinho\">Mourinho<\/span> in all competitions from a possible 25 and this latest outing could be his last for a while.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1135607\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/burnley-tottenham-match-analysis-dele-alli-chris-wood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1135607\" class=\"wp-image-1135607 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/03\/07192819\/1135589_1135589_burnley-tottenham-premier-league-woods-dier-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/03\/07192819\/1135589_1135589_burnley-tottenham-premier-league-woods-dier-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/03\/07192819\/1135589_1135589_burnley-tottenham-premier-league-woods-dier-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/03\/07192819\/1135589_1135589_burnley-tottenham-premier-league-woods-dier-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/03\/07192819\/1135589_1135589_burnley-tottenham-premier-league-woods-dier-66x37.png 66w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/03\/07192819\/1135589_1135589_burnley-tottenham-premier-league-woods-dier-620x350.png 620w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/03\/07192819\/1135589_1135589_burnley-tottenham-premier-league-woods-dier-940x530.png 940w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/03\/07192819\/1135589_1135589_burnley-tottenham-premier-league-woods-dier.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1135607\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/burnley-tottenham-match-analysis-dele-alli-chris-wood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The good, the bad &amp; the ugly as Mourinho\u2019s losing streak ends<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;In the first half we didn&#8217;t have a midfield,&#8221; Mourinho said after the game. &#8220;But I&#8217;m not going to run away and I have to say he [Ndombele] has had enough time to come to a different level.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A player with his potential has to give us more than he is giving us, especially when you see how Lucas [Moura], Lo Celso and those players are playing. I was expecting more in the first half from him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This scathing assessment, though, didn&#8217;t set well with former <span id=\"urn:enhancement-cf186331\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/tottenham_hotspur_f-c\">Spurs<\/span> midfielder Murphy who believes <span id=\"urn:enhancement-d36201d4\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/jose_mourinho\">Mourinho<\/span> was letting a number of other underperforming players off the hook.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MjW1nKHbh0E<\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC_QgsfA8W1TdLADOz0txpTg?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was unjustified, to be honest,&#8221; he said on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/51786735\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Match of the Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There were at least six of them, seven of them, that were not quite at the races in the first half. We are also talking about <span id=\"urn:enhancement-8c47f632\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/burnley_fc\">Burnley<\/span>\u2019s quality and tenacity and willingness to get at them and stop them playing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ndombele was no worse than half a dozen others. So I think it is harsh to use him as a scapegoat. All in all, you cannot blame Ndombele for the first half. <span id=\"urn:enhancement-e8d9fffa\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/burnley_fc\">Burnley<\/span> were quality and <span id=\"urn:enhancement-1688a7ba\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/tottenham_hotspur_f-c\">Tottenham<\/span> were tactically wrong.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1135672\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/rb-leipzig-spurs-predictions-team-news-line-ups-live-stream-champions-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1135672\" class=\"wp-image-1135672 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/03\/08143212\/1135633_1135633_rb-leipzig-spurs-preview-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/03\/08143212\/1135633_1135633_rb-leipzig-spurs-preview-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/03\/08143212\/1135633_1135633_rb-leipzig-spurs-preview-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/03\/08143212\/1135633_1135633_rb-leipzig-spurs-preview-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/03\/08143212\/1135633_1135633_rb-leipzig-spurs-preview-66x37.jpg 66w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/03\/08143212\/1135633_1135633_rb-leipzig-spurs-preview-620x350.jpg 620w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/03\/08143212\/1135633_1135633_rb-leipzig-spurs-preview-940x530.jpg 940w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/03\/08143212\/1135633_1135633_rb-leipzig-spurs-preview.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1135672\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/rb-leipzig-spurs-predictions-team-news-line-ups-live-stream-champions-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RB Leipzig vs Spurs predictions, team news &amp; possible XIs<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Danny Murphy has criticised Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho for making Tanguy Ndombele a &#8220;scapegoat&#8221; in the wake of the north Londoners&#8217; 1-1 draw with Burnley. The 23-year-old French midfielder started the Premier League encounter at Turf Moor but only played the opening 45 minutes before making way for Giovani Lo Celso at half-time. 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