By Valentine Amanze, Online Editor
TottenhamHotSpurs on Thursday November 5, 2020 bounced back to reckoning in the Europa League after a 3-1 win over Ludogorets Razgrad in Bulgaria.
This followed an emphatic group stage-opening win over LASK Linz with a loss to Royal Antwerp in Belgium last week.
In the game that excited Jose Mourinho, his captain, Harry Kane, and Lucas Moura were the major tormentors of the Bulgarian side.
Both set each other up for goals, while Giovani Lo Celso put the game away at the hour mark following a Razgrad goal after halftime.
The Happy one, Mourinho, however expressed happiness that his team tried to “kill” the game before halftime, according to NBC Sport.
His words: “We completely dominated and I don’t remember one single situation for them in danger.
“That made a difference because in Antwerp we gave an advantage to the opponent and then when they were good they were winning. They closed everything the way they could and we couldn’t react.”
On the goal scorer, Lo Celso, Mourinho said that the Argentine was wonderful in the game.
“Good with the ball and not very good without the ball.
“His physical condition is not good. He didn’t have a preseason. During the lockdown during the previous season he had problems. He didn’t train in that period, when other guys were training so he has been up and down in his preparation. So he’s been coming now, step-by-step,” he said.
Lo Celso has made nine appearances for Spurs but only three have gone more than 45 minutes.
Mourinho said that he was waiting to see the player who impressed him last season, as fitness and a pair of minor injuries have cost the 24-year-old regular run in a team that looks like a contender.
“I feel that when he plays he’s not the Gio that we know, not the Gio that we know that he can be an amazing player. But with the ball of course great criteria and he knows what he’s doing of course, and understands the way we want to play. But we need more intensity to be fitter, to be more intense and to be stronger in the transitions.”
Spurs head to West Bromwich Albion on Sunday before the international break.
Then it’s a huge visit from Man City on November 21 to kick-off a three-match league run that continues with Chelsea and Arsenal, all with UEL matches around them.
