Fulham game postponement due to COVID-19 was 'unprofessional' - Mourinho
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1. TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR MANAGER JOSE MOURINHO AT TRAINING SESSION
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2. (SOUNDBITE) (English) JOSE MOURINHO, TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR MANAGER, SAYING:
"I don't want to speak too much about it, just to say that I felt unprofessional but that's the way it is, or that's the way it was."
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3. PLAYERS TRAINING
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4. (SOUNDBITE) (English) JOSE MOURINHO, TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR MANAGER, SAYING:
"We were preparing ourselves for that match, and then of course with we didn't play and that is disruptive of what is a week of work. The training sessions before that of course they would be different if we were going to to play that game. So people can think 'ah good for you, because you didn't play, good for me if I didn't play and I know that I don't play' because then I could have a different cycle in the training sessions. But not to play and not to train like we would like the days before of course doesn't help."
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5. PLAYERS TRAINING
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6. (SOUNDBITE) (English) JOSE MOURINHO, TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR MANAGER, SAYING:
"We analyse out opponent, we did that in relation to Fulham, we did that in relation to Leeds. We know where they are very strong and of course we have to try not to let him explore these strengths, and at the same time we have to try to play our game."
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7. MOURINHO WATCHING PLAYERS TRAINING
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8. (SOUNDBITE) (English) JOSE MOURINHO, TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR MANAGER, SAYING:
"The defeat that we had, and was let's say the start of a period of not good results, was against Liverpool, so the game where we were very very close to win the game and never lose it was the game where after that the results and the level of performance went down. So football is also mental and you are not in control of every item of the game, so I believe that we are going to have again good periods we are going to have periods where you win matches, you score goals."
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9. PLAYERS TRAINING
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10. (SOUNDBITE) (English) JOSE MOURINHO, TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR MANAGER, TALKING ABOUT POSSIBLY HAVING A BREAK FROM PLAYING DUE TO RISING COVID-19 CASES, SAYING:
"I think you feel since the beginning of everything that I was always in favour of playing, I was always in favour of making all the possible sacrifices to play. But when we arrive into a situation that for me is very very doubtful I prefer not to speak and just to be ready, to be ready and thinking that tomorrow we are going to play."
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11. PLAYERS TRAINING
STORY: The Premier League's handling of the postponement of Fulham's match at Tottenham Hotspur due to a COVID-19 outbreak at the West London club was 'unprofessional' and could have been handled better, Spurs boss Jose Mourinho said on Friday (January 1).
Fulham were forced to lodge a request with the Premier League to rearrange Wednesday's (December 30) fixture due to several positive cases and the league called off the game less than three hours before kickoff.
Mourinho was not too pleased about being kept in the dark till the last minute and had posted a tongue-in-cheek comment on Instagram labelling the Premier League the "best league in the world" while they waited for a decision.
"I don't want to speak too much about it. Just to say I felt (it was) unprofessional, but that is the way it was," Mourinho told reporters ahead of Saturday's (January 2) home match against Leeds United.
"We were preparing ourselves for that match, and then of course with we didn't play and that is disruptive of what is a week of work.
"The training sessions before that of course they would be different if we were going to to play that game."
Mourinho said Lucas Moura and Carlos Vinicius are expected to be involved against Leeds after both forwards missed the trip to Wolverhampton Wanderers with injury.
Spurs were top of the standings last month but one point from three games has dropped them to seventh but Mourinho said he expects his side to improve.
"Football is also mental and you are not in control of every item of the game," he said. "I believe that we are going to have again good periods we are going to have periods where you win matches, you score goals."
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