Laudrup fumes over Michu delay

Tottenham Hotspur 1 Swansea City 0

Mercifully for Andre Villas-Boas’s team, though, it didn’t see them conceding in the closing minutes this time. And, mercifully for Michu, more importantly, the incident which sparked all the controversy didn’t lead to any serious injury other than a bit of “grogginess”, according to Michael Laudrup.

As Swansea City attempted to exploit Tottenham’s weakness in the last few minutes, Hugo Lloris was forced to come to the edge of his box and clear. Although he managed that, he also caught Michu on the head, leaving the forward prone on the ground. Inexplicably though, referee Mike Dean refused to blow the whistle, inciting a lot of anger at Andros Townsend’s subsequent surge forward. Villas-Boas even ended up on the pitch, as a furious Chico Flores remonstrated with a number of Tottenham players.