Fired-up Sherwood accuses Benfica boss Jesus of lacking class after three-fingered taunt late on in disappointing defeat

Spurs manager Tim Sherwood accused Jorge Jesus of lacking class after the Benfica boss’s touchline histrionics during Tottenham’s 3-1 Europa League defeat.
Jesus responded to Luisao’s third goal by sticking three fingers up at Sherwood and waving goodbye.
The pair did not shake hands after the final whistle after clashing repeatedly throughout the match and Sherwood said he had ‘no intention’ of speaking to the Portuguese ahead of next week’s second leg in Lisbon.

Sherwood said:  ‘I thought his team were very good and showed a lot of class. It’s just a shame... (their manager did not).
‘In the first two minutes he was going over to the fourth official saying I was stepping in his box.
‘Waving goodbye like that? It lacks class. Why would anyone do that? He’s got a good side, of course he has, but not for me thank you. I have no intention of speaking to him.’
Jesus said it was ‘Sherwood’s problem’ if he felt the 59-year-old had shown him disrespect, and added: ’Maybe here in England the benches are too close together, compared to in Portugal. In Portugal we have more space and we can demonstrate ourselves in our own way.
‘When at some stage I invaded Tim Sherwood’s personal space, he told me to go to mine. He did the same to me. But it’s okay, it all ended quite friendly.’

Sherwood was also subjected to stark criticism from former Tottenham striker Gary Lineker, who took to Twitter to claim Spurs had been ‘outplayed and out-thought’ in their Europa League clash.
The Match of the Day presenter also criticised Sherwood for ‘berating his players’ after the Spurs manager questioned his players’ character following Saturday’s 4-0 defeat by Chelsea.
Sherwood said: ‘I don’t really know Gary Lineker, to be honest. He’s entitled to his opinion. He’s a top pundit. I don’t know what the hidden agenda is.
‘If you’re going to make the comments I’ve made... If you’re going to lose players, they’re probably the ones you don’t want anyway.
‘I had no problem with the desire and effort tonight. That’s what I questioned and asked for.
‘They were better than us, weren’t they? They’re better than us. They had a lot of attacking threat.
‘It’s a blow, but I had no problem with the attitude or desire. It’s just we have to hold our hands up and say they’re a class above.’

Younes Kaboul defended his side's spirit, insisting that the tie is not over, but also admitting that Tottenham must 'work a bit harder'.
Asked if Tim Sherwood was right in saying the team lacked character [against Chelsea last weekend], the defender replied: 'Not at all. It's not because we've lost two games in a row. We've got a big squad with big qualities.
'We need to work a bit harder.
'When we scored the goal it gave us a push. We tried. The other goal killed us. It was too late.
'In football anything is possible. We're going there to win.