Mourinho pleased with greater attacking intent shown by Spurs
TOTTENHAM boss Jose Mourinho said his side showed the desired attacking intent in the 3-0 victory over Leeds which ended a fourgame winless run in the Premier League.
Harry Kane and Son Heung-min were the stars of the show as they equalled the Premier League record for most goal combinations in a season, levelling Alan Shearer and Chris Sutton’s tally of 13 from 1994-95.
This was done in just 16 games, though, as after Kane had opened the scoring from the spot, he teed up Son for his 100th goal for the club.
Toby Alderweireld’s second-half header killed the game, but Spurs could have won by a bigger margin as they went for more goals, a stark contrast to recent weeks.
It was the first time Spurs scored three times in a league game since they drew 3-3 with West Ham in October as the shackles finally came off after a month of sitting on leads.
Mourinho, who has copped flak for the negative style, said this was how he wanted his side to play.
“We could have scored more goals. We had good opportunities to score, and not just from the traditional Sonny and Kane,” he said.
“We had good scoring opportunities, good shooting positions -
Tanguy (Ndombele), (PierreEmile) Hojbjerg, (Steven) Bergwijn twice. And that pleases me also, because I want the team to play with this kind of dynamic.
“I want more goals, especially from other players.
“And of course the result is important. We didn’t play the last match and the run of results in the least few weeks was not good so we needed these three points so we go up a little bit in the table.”
On Kane and Son, Mourinho added: “They are very good players as you know for many years. They play together of course for many years, too. That together, plus the way we want them to interact, brings goals.”