It’s heartbreaking to lose a final. I’ve been there, and you could see how upset it left Son Heung-min. But this opportunity totally passed Tottenham’s players by.
Two shots to Manchester City’s 21. Only 38 per cent possession to City’s 62. It was never going to be easy for Ryan Mason going up against Pep Guardiola, but Tottenham didn’t give themselves much of a chance.
It felt like a copy-and-paste attempt of Jose Mourinho’s smash-and-grab philosophy. They wanted to stop City from scoring and hope to hell one of those counter-attacks came off.