José Mourinho’s first nine Premier League games as Tottenham manager yielded 16 points from a possible 27, but the Special One has told Sky Sports that we’ll have to do even better than that to make the top four this season.
Jose Mourinho on our CL hopes this season: “I prefer just to focus just one match at a time, and lets see where it takes us.” pic.twitter.com/LgreB7KJ01
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“I don’t think a similar run to the first nine games will be enough,” Mourinho told Sky Sports News. “At the moment we need more than that because we lost too many points and put ourselves in a difficult position.
“It’s a difficult fight. I don’t think we can lose too many points unless our four or five direct opponents lose lots of points.”
There is a seven-point deficit to Chelsea in fourth ahead of tonight’s return match against Manchester United, although a fifth-placed finish could yet secure Champions League football if Manchester City’s UEFA ban is upheld.
We have to assume fifth won’t be enough and to stand any chance of getting fourth we’ll probably need to win seven of our last nine matches.
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I think we have a tough run in, most of the games are against teams with something to play for, either European football or a relegation battle. Ideally we would want to play mid table teams that have nothing to play for, are already on the beach. What might help us is that the results from Germany are showing that technically better teams are doing better. The type of teams that rely on organisation and the strong support of a home crowd to make up for a lack of technical ability are suffering in the absence of home advantage.