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Publication date: Sunday, September 20, 2020 2:34 AM
Tottenham manager José Mourinho seemed frustrated to have to describe Danny Ings’ first game for Southampton, which was a “replica” of his goal against Spurs last season.
Tottenham crushed the Saints 5-2 on Sunday, with Son Heung-min and Harry Kane combining to deadly effect.
However, in a lethargic first half of the visitors in which they had two goals disallowed, Ings opened his account for the season. The England international deftly dropped a ball over the top of Kyle Walker-Peters before overtaking Hugo Lloris.
The goal was almost identical to that of Ings’ win against Spurs on New Year’s Day.
Speaking after the match, Mourinho expressed his general joy at his team’s performance and admitted his concern over the way his team conceded.
“I think the second half was very, very good,” Mourinho said. BT sport. “We did not start badly, of course the goal was canceled for offside but we started quite well.
“But then we lost control of the game in the first half. Their forwards created problems, we couldn’t control them.
“We received a goal that is a replica of a goal we conceded here last season, with a long ball behind our defenders and Ings winning that match.”
Mourinho added that second-half substitutions by Giovani Lo Celso and Erik Lamela helped his team to victory.
“In the second half, we had great dynamics, good impact from the two players who came from the bench, very similar to Plovdiv,” he said.
“I love the player who comes off the bench with a special attitude to help the team. I think Gio and Lamela did that, and Sonny was on fire and, for me, Harry kane party man. “
Mourinho explains the substitution of Ndombele
Ndombele, who struggled to stay in shape last season in his debut season with the Spurs, received the endorsement of Mourinho last week.
The Portuguese manager He assured that he could see the French midfielder enjoying an “evolution”, although he was withdrawn at halftime against the Saints.
Mourinho said: “Football is not just about action. There were three or four players with a yellow card, Tanguy for us, [Oriel] Romeo and two other players with yellow cards.
“I felt that in the second half the game would break down and it would be a risk for Tanguy. It was a risk for them too, in fact Romeu was close to getting a second yellow card.
“I switched to Tanguy because I knew that Gio would give us a little more because he is in better condition than Tanguy.”
Spurs they will face Leyton Orient in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday in their next match.
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