Jose Mourinho criticised his Tottenham Hotspur side for starting slowly in Wednesday’s 2-1 defeat to Manchester United.
It has been a theme of the Portuguese’s short reign so far and also blighted the results against Bournemouth and Olympiacos.
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But today we have been rapid out of the blocks against Burnley, opening up a two-goal lead inside nine minutes.
Harry Kane started the scoring with a spectacular 25-yarder within five minutes, which you can see via the link below.
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Lucas Moura soon made it two, albeit in much scrappier fashion. The Brazilian was in the right place at he right time to nod home at the back post after Dele Alli had kept a goalmouth scramble alive.
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It is the Brazilian’s second goal in three Premier League starts under Mourinho, justifying claims he was underused by Mauricio Pochettino.
The Portuguese has got a tune out of Lucas, and clearly a response to his demand to start games with more intensity. We’re now 3-0 up at half time.
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