I apologise for harsh tackles on your players - Tottenham Hotspurs manager Pochettino apologises to Manchester United on some robust tackles from his players.

Manchester United won against their premier league rivals Tottenham 2-1 in Shanghai but a harsh tackle from Moussa Sissoko on United's Daniel James took the centre stage of the match.

Sissoko appeared to stamp on James but was lucky to avoid a red card and was not even booked for the challenge. In the second-half, Eric Bailly was carried off with an apparent knee injury but no contact was involved with a Spurs player.

Pochettino was ‘sorry’ for Bailly’s withdrawal and was unhappy with his own team’s tackling.

The coach said after the match;

“I was a little bit annoyed about some situations,” I was not happy.
“It was a friendly game and in some situations of course when you are tired when it’s so hot you are not right with the tempo to arrive at the actions, sometimes you arrive late and something can happen.
“I apologise on behalf of our players to Manchester United, I think in the second-half they made it to us, but then it’s football.
“It wasn’t their intention, but sometimes when you are tired you arrive late and some things can happen and I was worried because in this period of preparation it is sometimes you need to be aggressive and you need to play with passion but sometimes the focus is to build your fitness and develop the way you want to play.