Jose Mourinho says he wasn’t overly bothered about Tottenham 2-1 against Watford in a friendly match on Saturday.
Mourinho could only watch from the stands as Spurs lost out to Watford in a friendly match on Saturday.
The Hornets were 2-0 up by half time and even looked primed to win the game.
In the 79th minute, Son Heung-min restored hopes of a late comeback after grabbing a goal but it only turned out to be a consolation.
The result meant Spurs have now lost their first pre-season fixture under Mourinho. They recently won their last three outings against Ipswich Town, Reading and Birmingham City.
Tottenham looked slow all through the game and lacked cohesion in their overall play. Rather than be angry about it, the Spurs boss says he can take positives from the game and isn’t irked about the result. He claims his side are in better shape ahead of the new season.
“I would say that those are the positives, players who needed minutes had them, some players played 90 minutes,” Mourinho told Spurs’ official website.
“Also positive was that Watford took it very seriously. I liked that. They competed, they were aggressive, they made the game very hard, those are all positives.”
“In the same way I wasn’t super-enthusiastic after winning three friendlies, wins that don’t give us any points, I’m not sad that we lost this one.
“I said to the players at half-time, maybe in the Premier League if we are losing 2-0 at half-time, we have the second half to fight for the result.” Mourinho added.
” It was a game to give us minutes and a competitive mentality and I really liked the fact that in the last minute, we are fighting to try to score, and then Sonny makes a 100-metre sprint to stop the 3-1 on the counter-attack.”
“So, overall, it was okay.”
The new Premier League season kicks-off next weekend and Mourinho will look to start the campaign in winning ways. Spurs welcome Everton to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in their opening game of the 2020/21 season.
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