Jose Mourinho hails Hugo Lloris as the best goalkeeper in the Premier League.
Hugo Lloris received some criticism for letting a late Eberechi Eze free-kick bounce off him which was then converted by Jeffrey Schlupp in the 81st minute.
This was the first time Spurs had conceded in 475 minutes and Lloris was to be blamed for the 1-1 draw against Crystal Palace.
“My goalkeeper is the best goalkeeper in the Premier League so I would never be critical of the best goalkeeper in the Premier League, period,” the Spurs boss told reporters.
“If I have to blame anybody I have to blame ourselves, the team. The ones that win, the ones that draw and the ones that lose. Some guys they have the philosophy of they lost, we drew and I won but that’s not us.”
“At half-time, I told the players exactly the opposite that we did in the second half, but if they didn’t it was because they couldn’t do it.
“It was because they were not able to do it. I give credit to Palace for that. I always say that even if you want to press high, if the ball is in the air you cannot press. There is nothing to press.
“So they put the ball in the air, they started putting the ball in the box and creating lateral free-kicks and corners and rebounds, so the goal could arrive like it did.
“So we have to blame ourselves for not being able to do what we did in the first half. In the last period of the game [there was] a reaction, of course, a reaction – a very good reaction and then the goalkeeper made a couple of amazing saves.”
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