Mourinho hails ‘magnificent’ Tottenham, advises Lampard

JOSE Mourinho praised his Tottenham Hotspur side after their penalty shootout win over Chelsea in their fourth round Carabao Cup clash on Tuesday night.

Chelsea took an early lead through Timo Werner but Tottenham equalised late in the second half to tie the game at 1-1 and take it to a shootout.
Tottenham scored all their five kicks while Mason Mount missed Chelsea’s fifth, handing Mourinho’s team a 5-4 win.

 “I told you before the game we would be ready to fight and we were ready to fight,” the former Chelsea manager told Sky Sports. “I told the players before the penalties that I don’t care about the penalties, I care about what we did before.

“We were the best team, we were magnificent. In the second half a super team like Chelsea looked very ordinary, and they are not. We played so, so well.

“I told the players they should only think about this game, but I have to think about three games at the same time. They only thought about this game and they were phenomenal, so all credit to the boys.

“I have an incredibly negative record on penalty shootouts, but today I had a feeling that everything was going well. We were by far the best team and the boys deserved to win the match.”

Mourinho had a brief touchline spat with Chelsea coach Frank Lampard, who played under him at the Blues. The Portuguese explained what he told the Englishman.
“In the last match when they were losing 3-0 [against West Brom] I felt really sorry for him because he was sad and quiet in his chair. In terms of football, I can’t teach him anything. He knows football, it is just an opinion, stay on the touchline when your team is losing and stay calm when your team is winning.”