London: Tottenham Hotspur manager Jose Mourinho has said that his yellow card during their English Premier League game against Southampton was fair as he was rude to an "idiot". Mourinho was booked by referee Mike Dean in the 77th minute after the Portuguese approached the Southampton bench. "I clearly deserved the yellow card as I was rude," Mourinho was quoted as saying by ESPNFC after the game. "But I was rude to an idiot. Because I was rude I deserved the yellow card."

Tottenham lost to Southampton 0-1 in a contest that saw skipper Harry Kane limp off the pitch with an hamstring injury. "It is negative, hamstring is always negative. Is it a tear, is it a small thing, is it a spasm, is it a contraction? At this moment I cannot say," Mourinho said of the injury. Mourinho also complained that Tottenham should have been awarded a penalty for a foul on Dele Alli, also chastising the controversial VAR.