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José Mourinho said he had no problem with Harry Winks or Dele Alli disappearing down the tunnel during Tottenham’s 2-0 Europa League win over Royal Antwerp.
Spurs topped Group J with the victory offered by second-half goals from Carlos Vinicius and Giovani Lo Celso.
But Winks, who has not been happy with his lack of playing time this season, headed straight for the locker room after being pulled early, while substitute Alli joined him shortly after Mourinho made the five changes. .
Alli returned to the bench in his non-game uniform and was the only unused substitute who did not participate in a post-game warm-up.
Mourinho revealed that he told Winks to change and has no problem with Alli’s disappearance act.
About Winks, he said: ‘I told him to go, I told all the players who came off the field to go, because when it’s cold I prefer them to go to the locker room and take a shower and be warm and safe.
I told them to go, some prefer to stay. Even in the cold, they prefer to stay and participate in the game from the bench. Winks decided to leave and I’m happy with that because I was the one who told him to do it. ‘
Mourinho also said that Alli had his blessing to go to the dressing room but added: ‘Yes, but let’s not run away from reality.
“A player who is on the bench and then realizes that he is not one of the five players (coming), of course, he is not a happy player, and I would not expect him to be.
“But every player who is on the bench or every player who leaves the pitch when it is cold, with me, can go to the locker room and I prefer even if that happens”
After a lackluster display in the first half, the Spurs did their job when Vinicius tapped home plate after a Gareth Bale free throw landed on the post and then Lo Celso ended the game after Harry Kane played.
Kane, Son Heung-min and Tanguy Ndombele were signed after 60 minutes to ensure there were no setbacks, allowing the Spurs to lead the group and get a favorable draw in the last 32.
“Today we have a goal that is not a fundamental goal because the difference between finishing first and second in the draw is not a big difference, but maybe it helps and we did our job by winning the match,” added Mourinho.
“The idea was to win the game, a game that we always had under control. Even though they didn’t create any opportunities that I remember, the game was still open and playing 30 minutes is not an accumulation of tiredness.
‘Playing 30 minutes is less than 90 minutes, 100 minutes of training, so it was not a problem at all and I decided after 1-0 to bring fresh people and bring people who could give one last kick in the history of the game, and game over since Gio scored the second goal. ‘
Source: m.allfootballapp.com
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