SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for Spurs video interviews, reaction and more. Jose Mourinho is no longer Tottenham Hotspur head coach following his dismissal on Monday morning. Last season he handed Troy Parrott and Japhet Tanganga their Premier League debuts, with the latter getting a really good run in the team at the start of 2020. "Very similar to before. At the start of the season we saw Tottenham at their free-flowing best as they hit Southampton for five, Manchester United for six and Maccabi Haifa for seven. “We’re very close to each other but there are more clubs around,” he said. Spurs players miss key aspect of Poch training under Mourinho. Jose Mourinho's Tottenham sacking could be positive for winger Steven Bergwijn, who had fallen out of favour under the Portuguese coach. And, not only that, but you will get exclusive content from our club writers Alasdair Gold and Rob Guest before anyone else. Mourinho is renowned for bringing defensive stability to the team, but even he has been unable to fix Tottenham’s leaky defence. Tottenham's style of play under Mourinho wasn't similar to before and it was never going to be exactly the same, but things maybe could have changed if Mourinho released the handbrake once again and let his exciting attackers loose on the opposition. However, Spurs face one huge stumbling block. So he’s not ready for tomorrow, but he’s coming. However, their 3-3 draw against West Ham after the convincing win at Old Trafford brought about quite a big change in terms of their football. In a really good position to kick on at the turn of the year with the team riding high in the league table, 2021 has turned out to be a complete nightmare for Spurs. I would say that after 51 matches or so in the last couple of months to arrive in this sort of situation with only two injured that we cannot complain because the work has been good and the squad as a whole is in a good situation.”. Jamie Redknapp thinks Spurs chairman Daniel Levy will hate that Dele Alli and Harry Winks are now "devaluing assets" under Jose Mourinho. Here we take a look back at what Jose Mourinho said in his first press conference following his exit as Tottenham head coach on Monday morning. Failing to win in their three league games after last month's international break, Tottenham are now a whopping 24 points off leaders Man City and that lead could potentially be extended even further in the remaining weeks of the season. Sorry, we are not accepting comments on this article. dailymail.co.uk - When Jose Mourinho came to this country in 2004, he was this funny, smart, charismatic Portuguese chap promising to take the Premier League by … CHRIS SUTTON: The Special One is DONE as Spurs crumble under Mourinho - Flipboard Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg has become one of the latest Tottenham Hotspur stars to react to Jose Mourinho’s departure on social media, with the midfielder insisting on Instagram that it was an honour to play under the Portuguese. The Portuguese has been relieved of his duties at Tottenham after just under 18 months in charge. So I am going to be very, very careful in relation to that.". Three goals to the good after 16 minutes and on course for another three points, Spurs conceded three in the final eight minutes as the Hammers came away with an unlikely point. During the eight Premier League games they’ve played under Mourinho, only Liverpool (24) have taken more points than Spurs (16), who only sit behind … That's what I keep saying. If you draw you stay more or less in the same position. Dane Scarlett was also given his bow in the Europa League and Mourinho claimed not so long ago that the highly-rated striker, who made his Premier League debut off the bench in February, would be with the first team on a permanent basis next season. Spurs fans have been put through an incredible 24 hours. This lower line has led to two things, first, less space to play the ball over the top, leaving Spurs less susceptible to a long ball over the top, and second puts them all more in the feet of midfielders than center-halves. Mourinho may have come in for plenty of criticism in the past about bringing youngsters through but he definitely did do this at Tottenham and the club could be set to benefit for years to come as a result. Note: all teams have played 34 league games unless it’s stated otherwise. The work we did for two days we hope that is a plus. Instead Mourinho tried to take the positive slant that his side are good at starting games on the front foot as only Manchester City have taken the lead in games more times than Spurs. Not a change. "This is not about me coming here and saying everything was wrong with Mauricio [Pochettino], not at all. Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho is in no mood to publicly explain why his side keep dropping points from winning positions. Spurs have lost 13 games in all competitions this season, the highest number of defeats Mourinho has suffered in a single campaign … Tottenham – 62 points. “I know why it happened and I know also that you can look at it in a different perspective,” he said. The axe fell after Pochettino had mustered just 14 points from Tottenham's first 12 games last season. But despite the goodwill the Argentine had generated, he was sacked in November 2019, five months after reaching the club's first-ever Champions League final. 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They have conceded 22 goals in their first 16 league games at a slightly higher rate of 1.37 per game, although they have kept three clean sheets. Mourinho turned the tables around, winning five times in his first seven league matches, and eventually taking Spurs to sixth, landing a Europa League berth when it all seemed uncertain at one point. Under Pochettino it was very normal for the two center-halves to have the most touches and passes on the team.