Jose Mourinho is delighted that Dele Alli is back to his best after a brilliant overhead kick. It is “amazing” to have him back to his best.
Tottenham Hotspurs headed to the tier enjoying a 4-1 first leg away win, and Mourinho is excited by Alli’s impact. The forward netted a brilliant overhead kick and set up two goals in Tottenham’s Europa League 4-0 win over Wolfsberger.
Arguably, he played against the lowest-ranked opposition left in the Europa League, but Mourinho is excited.
“The goal I don’t need to speak because everyone watched it. I believe that all around the world on all these sports TV, people are going to watch it, no need to talk about it,” Mourinho said.
“But for me the globality of the performance is what matters,” he added.
“He played very well in every aspect of the game, he played very well. Of course, he’s not fresh, you can feel that his performance like in the first leg from minute 55-60 is going to go down, which is normal due to the circumstances – injured, not training for a long time.
“But at this moment when we are going to play every three days, 10 matches in March, to have Dele back at this level is amazing,” he continues.
Also, 16-year old Dane Scarlett has impressed the Portuguese tactician. The teenage striker came off the bench and had a hand in Vinicius’ second goal.
“Dane has incredible talent. I don’t want to speak too much because tomorrow I arrive in the building and the kid’s boss is going to kill me,” Mourinho said.
Mourinho did not want to talk much but wanted to have the kid in the first team next season.
“I just want to say that he will be 17 next month and I want him to be part of the first-team squad next season,” he added.
Meanwhile, the Europa League continues with the English; Manchester United is welcoming Real Sociedad, Arsenal host Benfica, and Leicester City facing Slavia Prague. In Italy, Roma plays Braga, Napoli faces Granada, and Red star visiting AC Milan.