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Tottenham manager José Mourinho has warned his best players that they are in for a grueling Christmas season.
Spurs They are about to embark on a series of seven games in 21 days, which could have a big influence on whether they will remain as contenders for the Premier League title.
They start at Crystal Palace on Sunday before games with Liverpool, Leicester, Wolves, Fulham and Leeds, with the Carabao Cup quarter-finals in Stoke interspersed.
Mourinho He’s been used to juggling his team so far this season as they’ve done it in Europa League action and will do it again, but says his star men like Harry Kane and Son Heung-min , they will have to play most of the games.
“Now it’s the backlog of Premier League matches that, to be honest, are more difficult than Europa League matches because the quality of the teams is higher in the Premier League,” said the Portuguese.
“We also have quarter-finals to play in Stoke and Stoke is doing very well in the Championship.
“So many games. Do we need to do rotations? Of course we need it. It is impossible for a player to play all these games in a short period of time, of course we have to and we have to, but at the same time there are players who are really, really unique.
“And with unique players, even though the squad is very good, we have to try to give them as many minutes as possible because they can make a difference.”
Mourinho has results against Manchester City, Chelsea and Arsenal in recent weeks by sitting down when necessary and hitting their opponents at halftime.
That’s unlikely to be the case at Selhurst Park on Sunday against a Palace team that will be tough to topple, but Mourinho says his team can build on wins at Burnley and West Brom earlier this season.
“Palacio defends but Palacio attacks,” he said. “Palacio have, although I have not analyzed them in detail yet, but I can say that they do defend, they do defend with many people and experienced people but they have quality in attack, organized attack, counterattack and set pieces so that they are a team that can threaten in many different situations.
“So the game will be globally difficult. But without comparing opponents because, of course, Palace is in another dimension, but West Brom, Burnley were very difficult games for us, but we managed to win these games. “
Those results against City and Chelsea, as well as victories over Brighton and the Baggies, helped Mourinho win the coach of the month spot for November.
“For me it is not the manager of the month, it is the team of the month,” he said. “It’s about us as a team, the results we had in November.
“It’s not about me, it’s about the team and if it were about me I would have to be the coaching staff of the month because without the others it wouldn’t be possible.
“This kind of thing I never felt like an individual award, I always feel like it belongs to the team and the results we did.
“If we don’t have three wins and a draw at Stamford Bridge in November, we sure wouldn’t have a chance to win it. It’s about the team. “
The Spurs hope to have Serge aurier Back for the trip through the capital after missing Thursday’s Europa League win over Royal Antwerp with one hit.
Meanwhile, midfielder Harvey White has signed a new contract until 2024.
The 19-year-old, promoted to the first team by Mourinho, made his senior category debut in the Europa League game with Ludogorets last month.
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