Mourinho delighted with Spurs win; shrugs off Winks strop

Football
11 Dec 2020 • 7:02 AM MYT
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Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho was delighted with their 2-0 defeat of Royal Antwerp.

The result sees Spurs qualify top of their Europa League group.

Mourinho said, "The game is open, when I thought about the changes the result was 0-0 then we scored a goal but that didn't change my mind.

"We needed a little bit more of routines which these players (Harry Kane, Son Heung-min and Tanguy Ndombele) have, and the intensity. They had the intensity because they play week in week out. We managed to keep Antwerp away from our goal. Joe Hart didn't make a single save. 0-0 at half time - I thought in the second half with bit of intensity they will collapse.

"It was a great free kick from Gareth Bale and a striker smelling the second ball to score. The decision was made. Harry is Harry and Sonny is intense.

"I can't keep the squad happy. I believe they are happy because we are winning but they're not happy because they're not playing."

On Harry Winks leaving the pitch in a strop, he added: "Every player that left the pitch I told them to go to the shower because it was cold. Some decided to go and some decided to stay."