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Jose: Top 4 if I’d been boss all term

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JOHN CROSS REPORTS it in a selfish point of view and say since I arrived, if the league started in that moment, even with the problems we had I think we would now be fourth or fifth.

“I don’t want to be selfish, I don’t want to look at it just as a fan that is happy to finish above Arsenal. I would love to play Europa League.

“It is not a competitio­n I am in love with but when you cannot play Champions League you play Europa League.

“In my career I only played Europa League twice and I won it twice.

“It would not be bad to play it a third time and win it a third time. We have to fight until the end to try to finish in a Europa League position.”

Alderweire­ld insisted it was the perfect response from Spurs after their disappoint­ing draw at Bournemout­h.

The Belgian said: “We showed there is character in the team. This is an important win for us and the fans.”

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta was left frustrated after his side failed to build on Alexandre Lacazette’s thumping strike for the opener.

A mix-up between

Sead Kolasinac and David Luiz led to HeungMin Son’s equaliser just three minutes later.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang then hit the bar from a glorious chance to win the game before Alderweire­ld headed home from a corner in 82 minutes.

Arteta has now lost 15 points from winning positions since taking charge in December.

And he said: “We have to learn, in every game something happens. A little margin here, a little margin there. But I’m sure we will get there.

“A few things have cost us games – errors, game management, set-pieces. But we are fighting and competing, every game.”

SEAMUS COLEMAN slammed his Everton teammates after their shocking surrender at Molineux.

The Toffees were torn apart with goals from Raul Jimenez, Leander Dendoncker and Diego Jota and skipper Coleman didn’t hold back

He said: “We’ve hidden behind managers for long enough. This manager will not put up with performanc­es like that.

“We can all play badly, we can all misplace passes, but when the attitude isn’t there, the desire isn’t there.

“Quality wise, we’ve got some very good players but desire and commitment wasn’t there today.”

Everton boss Carlo Ancelotti was equally blunt.

He said: “We need to have a different attitude and it will be. You must be profession­al on the pitch.”

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