“That’s what it is. When you haven’t got an incredible defence in front of you it just puts everybody on edge a little bit.
“The goalkeeper is thinking ‘I can’t trust the defenders’ and the defenders are thinking ‘I cannot trust the goalkeeper’. All of sudden it causes a little bit of indecisiveness.”
Speaking earlier this week, Mourinho compared Lloris’ situation with that of Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson.
Alisson was guilty of high-profile errors during the recent defeats to Manchester City and Leicester.
Mourinho said of Lloris: “When a player is a top player, it’s not because of one mistake or two or three that means he’s not a top player again. That’s the most important thing.
