The Spurs backline got another shake-up against Aston Villa yesterday as Mourinho rested 32-year-old Toby Alderweireld, and dumped Eric Dier again.
In came Japhet Tanganga who offered refreshing intelligence. Here are a couple of examples of the lad operating under pressure, whilst retaining sufficiently high concentration levels.
The 21-year-old operated well at right-back and one wouldn’t have known he had been plunged in after a crisis.
Whilst Japhet isn’t the finished article, but he has plenty of talent and his heart is in the right place, Mourinho needs to focus on this kid.