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As injustice eats away at Mauricio Pochettino, crushing defeat by Burnley represents day Tottenham's Premier League title dream died Mauricio Pochettino knows he crossed the line by confronting referee Mike Dean The FA will choose how to deal with the Spurs boss after reading Dean's report Tottenham players appeared broken as the full-time whistle blew at Turf Moor They will recognise that a seventh defeat of the season extinguished title hopes

By Dominic King for the Daily Mail

Published: 22:31 GMT, 24 February 2019 | Updated: 22:31 GMT, 24 February 2019

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The eruption will earn him a summons and rightly so. Whatever injustice was eating away at Mauricio Pochettino, he should not have engaged in a confrontation with Mike Dean.

How the FA choose to deal with Tottenham’s manager will become clear after they have read the referee’s report and the story will develop over the next few days.

Pochettino knows he crossed the line at Turf Moor and has admitted his error, though that will not prevent him being punished.

Mauricio Pochettino knows he crossed the line by confronting referee Mike Dean

Mauricio Pochettino knows he crossed the line by confronting referee Mike Dean

MATCH FACTS  

BURNLEY (4-4-2): Heaton 8; Bardsley 7, Tarkowski 8.5, Mee 7.5, Taylor 7; Hendrick 7 (Brady 80min), Cork 7, Westwood 7, McNeil 7 (Gudmundsson 80); Wood 8, Barnes 8. 

Subs not used: Hart, Lowton, Crouch, Vydra. 

Scorers: Wood 57, Barnes 83. Booked: Bardsley. 

Manager: Sean Dyche 7.5.

 

TOTTENHAM (3-4-2-1) Lloris 7; Alderweireld 6, Vertonghen 7, Foyth 5.5 (Lamela 76); Aurier 5, Winks 5 (Llorente 62, 5), Sissoko 6, Rose 7; Eriksen 6, Son 5 (Moura 88); Kane 7. 

Subs not used: Gazzaniga, Wanyama, Walker-Peters, Davies. 

Scorer: Kane 65. Booked: Llorente, Foyth. 

Manager: Mauricio Pochettino 5.5. 

 

Referee: Mike Dean 5. 

Attendance: 21,338. 

But there was another story that accompanied his reaction. With Pochettino stood in front of Dean, eyes blazing and barking

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