He said: “I thought Richarlison won the game for Tottenham, he tore his shirt and obviously he was given extra time and he scored in that extra time.”
“I think it’s a stupid law to get a yellow card and of course if it happens in stoppage time it means extra stoppage time. But also, even if it’s a stupid law, I know what it is, I don’t understand why.
“I know you get too excited, but sometimes you get too excited when you do something other than rip open a bloody shirt.
“It’s a bit ridiculous, but I understand. It’s a big goal for him and at the time he thought he won the game. But to be honest, Mika, the football player.”
Micah Richards added, “You know what? I can’t even complain about the fact that he takes his shirt off, because he’s playing in real life. I feel that way too in fantasy football, so I understand how you feel.”
Spurs manager Thomas Frank reflected on United’s last-minute equalizer: “There are a lot of things we could have done a little bit better, but the last game is all about urgency. Maybe we could have defended better and not given a cross.”
“We were able to get more man-to-man pressure in the second half, but the first half just didn’t work out.”
He continued: “Obviously we’re not going to walk away from this and we’re not going to be disappointed if we’re leading with a minute left and we don’t win. That’s always going to be the case.”
“What I am particularly focused on is that we had a good performance in the second half. I am very happy with the turnaround.
“We stayed in the game, did the right things and kept pushing. You don’t create too much in a game where two teams neutralize each other, which is understandable, but it was very impressive that the boys kept fighting.”
