Tottenham: Mourinho points to fragile confidence after loss
Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho must find a successful way of playing without Harry Kane, like Mauricio Pochettino did during his time at the club, according to former Spurs midfielder Jamie O'Hara. Kane suffered an ankle injury during the first half of last Thursday's 3-1 loss at home to reigning champions Liverpool.
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“When Pochettino lost Harry Kane, we coped. We managed to get through games, Son [Heung-min] came into his own and scored goals, other players like Lucas Moura stepped up to the plate. We dealt with not having him.
“But with Jose Mourinho, when Kane doesn’t play it’s literally like we have absolutely nothing else to offer. There’s no plan B on how we’re going to get through games.
“Watching that light night, you’d say we’re a complete one-man band. Even Son looks lost without Harry Kane playing now.
“You’ve got to have an idea of what you’re going to do when you haven’t got Kane, because he gets injured and you have to be able to deal with it.
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“They’re miles off where they need to be. I can’t see Spurs getting in the top four at all. No chance.
“They were so bad against Brighton, completely devoid of ideas, it was almost desperation time for the whole of the game, there was no game plan, a lack of confidence, a lack of an edge.
“It was a shocking performance. Abysmal.
“We won’t make the top four this season. The only way this season will be classed as a success is if we win the League Cup and beat Man City, who are probably one of the best teams if not the best team in the world right now.
“If we don’t win that cup final and we’re still playing this badly in the league, that’s when the huge questions are going to be asked over whether this is really the right man to take the club forward.”