All or Nothing: Tottenham Hotspur

Since the moment I arrive,

I can only say, what happened to us this season is impossible.

Impossible.

We knew twelve points to the top four, really, really hard,

we knew that the distance was too big.

We managed to short that distance to one point.

Ach... No Harry Kane.

When you try to adapt without that special player,

you find a balance.

You lose another one.

So, you lose the solution that you found to resolve a problem.

Without injuries, we would be now

third or fourth.

We would be in quarter-finals of the FA Cup.

We have now the Coronavirus situation.

But we have to try to be professionals.

Such a difficult challenge that come for me

in the right moment of my career.

Because if it comes early, maybe I will be not prepared

to cope with this situation.

It’s really hard.

A new era begins for Tottenham Hotspur.

The most important thing...

Courage.

Honesty.

Family.

Listen to Tottenham Hotspur's stadium now.

Let's go together, boys. Come on!

Fist bumps only, boys.

- Roberto... right now it’s... - Oh no. No, it’s this in Italy.

It’s just a risk for Coronavirus, yeah.

I don’t know, pretty soon maybe it'll be heads.

I’m just in favour of fist bumps in general, you know?

To be honest, um, Coronavirus isn’t the only thing that you can catch,

say in the morning you shake 40 hands, how many of those people

have been to the toilet and not washed their hands?

I always wash my hands before I eat as a rule.

- Hey! - You alright?

Four months ago, José Mourinho was appointed mid-season,

his mission is for Tottenham Hotspur to qualify for next year’s

lucrative Champions League and win a long-awaited trophy.

Are we allowed to shake hands? Oh, elbows alright?

After being knocked out of the FA Cup, José is now competing on just two fronts,

the Premier League and making it to quarter-finals of the Champions League.

Let’s go.

Burnley are up there for the chance of top four, top five.

Do you have to prioritise?

Or do you have to go still for the top four and Champions League?

Of course we want to... to win the match tomorrow.

Of course, we want to... to win the tie, Tuesday.

We have decisions to... to make because players available

especially for some positions are not much.

José, it’s a difficult run of games,

you’ve lost your last three, four if you include Norwich,

which is as bad as it’s ever been in your career as manager.

Our squad is good. In this moment, we are in trouble.

It’s so simple as that.

- Thank you. - Thank you, guys.

Yeah, this is my spot, sort of there.

Yeah, that’s where you feel it, there.

It’s a very difficult season but the most important is we’re still alive.

We are still alive in Champions League for...

in the league for the top four. This is how we think.

To finish well the second part of the season, to give everything

and to get back stronger.

It’s more tiredness than anything else.

Maybe you’re altering the way you’re running.

As players, we wanna win every game but...

you know, sometimes things don’t go for you the way you would like it to.

It’s frustrating and draining, but...

I feel like it’s not gonna be long until we turn it around

and we know what we’ve gotta do.

After playing extra time in their last game,

Tottenham now face a tough trip to Burnley.

Mich, have you given Steven the heads up about Burnley, what to expect?

Do you... do you have a team like that in Holland?

The thing is in Holland every team... every team tries to play football.

Like the physical side, no team comes close.

We used to say, "Yeah, but can they do it at Stoke

on a cold Tuesday night?" It's now Burnley.

To keep their top four hopes alive,

Spurs need to take points from their next three Premier League games.

This week, they will also travel to Germany

for a must-win knock-out match in the Champions League.

José has to work out how to get the most out of his depleted squad.

Hey, José.

There’s a couple we need to watch today, Dele, just left hamstring tightness,

Lo Celso, some adductor fatigue

and Lucas, just general fatigue.

Ben Davies, um, we think he probably had a small hamstring strain.

So he cannot play Sunday? Saturday?

It will be difficult for him to play, yeah. Yeah.

If players in your position are injured,

then you’re required to play more frequently with kind of very little rest.

Premier League is... it’s very intense.

Lo Celso has come in and, you know, initially not played in every game but,

um, for the last few months he’s played very regularly.

You can count on me.

I know I can, but...

let’s see if we hang on in there.

You get on 30 minutes before the end.

You and Lucas go on together,

and then fresh for Tuesday.

- Everything’s done? - You've got everything, yeah?

Yeah.

Let’s look at Burnley first of all,

they’re unbeaten in the league since Jan.

And they’re second in the form table behind Liverpool.

We’ve lost four in a row.

You know it’s very early days in José’s tenure,

but could this be the beginning of the end for José?

It seems that he’s already given up on this season, that’s the frustrating thing.

Ready to fight, eh?

We are better players, better team. Come on. Let's go.

Get back on the winning way guys, huh? Hey, come on!

No handshakes between the two sets of players

has been seen across the Premier League this weekend

due to the Coronavirus outbreak.

Spurs currently without Kane, Sissoko and Foyth.

Son of course who's had surgery on that broken arm.

Right in on the goalkeeper here and is it over the line?

Not quite.

Spurs start slowly,

and Burnley dominate the first half.

What to do at half time? That’s the question for José Mourinho.

Don't give up.

We need to win duels. We need to recover the ball.

We cannot make defensive mistakes.

Yeah, a kind of spirit when you feel... and it looks like everything goes against.

Come on, let’s go.

In an effort to change the game, José makes two half time substitutions.

Bringing on Lucas Moura and Giovani Lo Celso.

We need to attack, we need to win, we need to score, we need to go.

Press them higher. We need to push the defensive line up.

OK? And keep the spirit. The spirit, the spirit, the spirit.

And we keep going again, going again,

in five minutes you win the game.

But you start from minute one, you keep going.

With regular penalty takers Harry Kane and Heung-min Son injured,

Dele steps up.

José, it was a greatly improved performance second half.

- Yeah. - You must be pleased

- with the reaction you got. - I am.

My team was fantastic in the second half.

We took risks. We played, we build, we create.

We had Lo Celso, that wanted the ball all the time.

We had Lo Celso always with a fantastic selection of...

of passes.

Great trickery here from Lo Celso and he was clearly fouled there by Hendrick.

He was fantastic with the ball. They couldn’t stop him.

And today I just love the mentality of my team in... in the second half of it.

Despite putting pressure on Burnley,

Spurs are unable to find a winning goal.

Dele’s equaliser from the penalty spot

puts an end to their run of losses.

But in the 92nd minute, they’re dealt yet another injury blow.

There’s a foul on Bergwijn.

José, how’s Steven Bergwijn?

He seemed to be limping off towards the end.

Yeah.

He’s injured but let’s see.

Let’s see if it’s something minor and if he can makes...

Because Tuesday I want only two options.

We win,

or we lose but we leave everything there.

Tired, not tired. Injured, not injured.

We go Tuesday there with... with everything.

- Thank you. - Thank you.

The draw means Spurs drop to eighth in the table,

but are still in the running for the top four.

What we did yesterday, bringing two players from the bench

that changed that shit.

What I said, when I arrived here, about Lo Celso,

"I don’t believe that he can do it." He looked a shy kid.

And then, little by little, the guy changed my mind...

and I started giving him opportunities.

And the guy transformed himself into what he is today.

At the beginning, with the arrival of the coach, I didn't get to play,

but anyway, I knew

I had to train harder and show

what I could do on the pitch. And well...

it’s difficult.

This year, in fact, we’ve suffered from injuries to some important players.

Both Harry and Sonny.

They score many goals

and they’re very decisive.

When you’ve been doing the job you love and it’s taken away for a while,

you have that itchy feeling, I need to get back out there.

And I’m someone who finds it harder to watch than to play,

because it’s not in your control.

We have difficult games ahead of us and the Champions League round,

so we have to be good to overcome it all.

From a personal point of view, it’s massive because I wanna be playing

Champions League when I'm back fit.

I went high speed running yesterday, first time.

- What percentage did you get to? - Seventy percent.

Just time now. It's just time.

Boys, good luck tomorrow.

New signing Steven Bergwijn is out for the rest of the season.

José now has limited attacking options