Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho believes he needed angry players against Aston Villa.
Spurs endured a very difficult week, losing the North London derby in the Premier League last weekend and going out of the Europa League to Dinamo Zagreb on Thursday.
They responded in the best possible way, by defeating Aston Villa 2-0 away from home in the Premier League on Sunday.
Spurs won the game through goals from Carlos Vinicius and a penalty from Harry Kane.
Asked about his team selection, Mourinho told reporters: "My thinking was we need angry people, we need fresh and positive feelings.
"We need kids on the bench that live a dream, kids that if you play them 10 seconds, they play them like the last seconds of their career.
"I need people on the pitch that I know the match is really important for them. Tanganga and Rodon are these kind of players.
"This kind of positivity is something that the team needed. I think it was good. The two best defenders on our team were Harry Kane and Vinicius.
"In the first half they didn't have a shot. In the second half of course there is always a corner, always a shot, always a second ball but when you start defending with your two strikers, the team is solid and in control. So we had lots of positive things.
"And of course I understand, they deserve this individual praise. Crazy performance by Lucas, Harry, Pierre – we had some fantastic individual performances but for me this is the victory of the dressing room, the victory of their spirit, the victory of the group that felt ashamed of what happened in the last week.
"To be ashamed I always think is a man's reaction. Don't care, don't give a (swears) is not for men. To be ashamed is a man's reaction which they had and I'm very happy for them."
