{"id":1126010,"date":"2020-01-18T20:27:32","date_gmt":"2020-01-18T20:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1126010"},"modified":"2020-01-18T20:27:32","modified_gmt":"2020-01-18T20:27:32","slug":"jose-mourinho-calls-for-spurs-loyalty-in-search-for-teams-missing-link","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/jose-mourinho-calls-for-spurs-loyalty-in-search-for-teams-missing-link\/","title":{"rendered":"Jose Mourinho calls for Spurs &#8220;loyalty&#8221; in search for team&#8217;s missing link"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Jose Mourinho has admitted Tottenham Hotspur are missing a goalscorer but has called for &#8220;loyalty&#8221; to be shown to his guys after dropping more points in the Premier League.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Spurs played out a goalless draw at Watford and it could have been worse if not for goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga saving a second-half Troy Deeney penalty.<\/p>\n<h2>Spurs&#8217; recent struggles: Five key things to know\u2026<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Tottenham have collected just two Premier League points from the last 12 available.<\/li>\n<li>They&#8217;ve now failed to score in their past three outings, and have gone 227 minutes since last scoring.<\/li>\n<li>Harry Kane, who sustained a hamstring injury against Southampton, scored Spurs&#8217; last Premier League goal against Norwich in late December.<\/li>\n<li>Jose Mourinho has opted to deploy Brazilian forward Lucas Moura as Kane&#8217;s replacement amid calls to sign a goalscorer.<\/li>\n<li>Mourinho conceded they are missing a hungry striker but feels &#8220;loyalty&#8221; should be shown towards those under his watch.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>https:\/\/audioboom.com\/posts\/7480587<\/p>\n<p>The result, nonetheless, extended their winless run in the Premier League to four matches and even more worryingly they&#8217;ve now gone 227 minutes with scoring a goal.<\/p>\n<p>Harry Kane, who sustained a serious hamstring injury against Southampton New Year&#8217;s Day, bagged the Lilywhites&#8217; most recent goal at Carrow Road in late December.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, even with their leading marksman, Mourinho hasn&#8217;t been able to celebrate on the touchline. Kane&#8217;s injury, which is expected to keep him out until April, has led to calls for Spurs to dip into the January transfer market.<\/p>\n<p>Mourinho, known for improvising, has opted to deploy Lucas Moura in Kane&#8217;s place with no room for teenage centre-forward Troy Parrott. And despite this latest setback the Portuguese tactician stressed the importance of keeping faith in those under his watch.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fixing Manchester United&#039;s Transfer Situation\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UnEu0i87AjQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is not the last match of Tottenham&#8217;s history. Next Wednesday we have another one, next season we have many more,&#8221; he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football.london\/tottenham-hotspur-fc\/fixtures-results\/mourinho-striker-transfers-var-watford-17590993\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told reporters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have to be calm, be loyal to these boys, respecting everything they are trying to do. If it happens it happens, if it doesn&#8217;t happen it doesn&#8217;t happen. But good feelings, not a good result but good feelings with the boys.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a kind of game, I am not saying we would win, but it is the kind of game where you have a goalscorer, where you have a guy who smells goals, probably you win it. You feel the same when you see the Liverpool game, in the last 20 minutes how many times we just need a tap-in. That missing link is there. 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