Mourinho still not over Europa League exit despite Villa win

Jose Mourinho is still not out of his side’s Europa League exit exasperation by Dinamo Zagreb after comments made during Tottenham’s 2-1 victory of Aston Villa in the Premier League on Sunday.

Goals from Carlos Vinicius, who marked his second start in the Premier League with a goal; Spurs first in the 29-minute before Harry Kane dispatched a spot-kick in the 68-minute after he was fouled by Matty Cash in the box gave the visitors a 2-0 win to make it four league wins out of their last five.

The Portuguese has applauded his side for the strong fight as they go 6th on the Premier League table yet still seems not out of the drama last Thursday during the 2-0 upturn by the Croatians in midweek to qualify to the quarter-finals of the European Cup by 3-2 on aggregate.

“The team was always high, pressing high, compact and not playing amazingly well, but we were always in control, even when the opponent had the ball.

“The second half, the feeling was, okay, they had a reaction, a couple of crosses, they played more direct, they had a couple of shots that were blocked, Hugo had one simple save, but the feeling was the game was always under control, the team was always a team, the effort was always there,” Mourinho said.

“Lucas, Vinicius, Harry, they never stopped pressing high, the guys in midfield working hard, people with cramp going until the last seconds, these are things that should never be negotiable, these should be always… again, I repeat, you can lose, but you cannot lose like we did in the last couple of matches.”

Jose Mourinho has to beat Manchester City in the Carabao Cup on April 25, 2021, at Wembley to end Spurs 13-years trophyless run.