Mourinho after Tottenham’s 3-2 loss to Wolverhampton: The result was not an accurate reflection.

Spurs manager Jose Mourinho and Wolves boss Nuno Espírito Santo [Getty Images]

Jose Mourinho says Tottenham’s 3-2 home-defeat to Wolverhampton was "totally unfair".

Spurs fell to a third consecutive defeat on Sunday after losses to Chelsea and RB Leipzig.

The result against Nuno Espírito Santo’s Wolves sent the Lilywhites down to seventh spot in the Premier League table, five points behind fourth-placed Chelsea, who dropped points at Bournemouth.

Mourinho’s side led twice through first-half goals from winger Steven Bergwijn and full-back Serge Aurier, however, Matt Doherty, Diogo Jota and Raul Jimenez all found the net to hand the away side the win.

"I don't think it was a fair result," he told reporters. "Both teams were looking to win with different styles. They are so powerful on the counter-attack.

"We tried different solutions. It worked in a way because we scored two goals. I think it's unfair, the result, totally unfair."

While speaking to BBC Sport, the Portuguese said: "The players didn't deserve the defeat. We were punished by, I would say, mentality mistakes. You have to be ruthless against teams like Wolves that play fantastically well on the counter-attack.

"We deserve much more than these results. The front three combined well, they did what they can. They did the plan that we worked on in the week.

"It was a great game. My team didn't deserve to lose at all. It is difficult to find a reason to lose the game, apart from a couple of individual mistakes. The team was good, they were in control.

"In the beginning of the game we were superb, Wolves were really in trouble I would say.

"In the last period of the game they know what we cannot do, and then they just compact with everybody in the box and that is obviously the most difficult thing for us in this moment.

"It's really, really frustrating and I'm sad obviously, but I am more sad for the players."