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Spurs boss Mourinho on Norwich draw: Beautiful football; bad goals conceded

Tottenham striker Harry Kane's late penalty to earned a point at Carrow Road and denied Norwich a first Premier League victory in seven matches.

Mario Vrancic opened the scoring with his first Premier League goal for the Canaries before they were denied a second when Teemu Pukki's goal was ruled out for a marginal offside by the video assistant referee (VAR).

Spurs improved after the interval and Christian Eriksen drew them level with a stunning free-kick but Norwich retook the lead when Serge Aurier put through his own net.

Kane won is penalty drawing Christoph Zimmermann into a lunging challenge inside the area.

“It's a bit deja-vu," said Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho afterwards. “We played so well, we created, we played beautiful football, we scored goals and we conceded goals that are difficult to digest. We started the game so well, so dominant, good chances.

“I remember clearly Sessegnon's shot blocked, Dele facing the goalkeeper over the bar, then we conceded a really bad goal. Then we conceded a really bad second goal that was offside.

“We go to the second half and we take all the possible risks you can take. The team accepts that, accepts the responsibility, we scored and had 30 minutes to win – and then the second goal comes.

“A team with a normal soul would die in that moment, but that didn't happen to us. We kept playing, I think we played even better, great spirit, great intensity, incredible effort, really good.

“The second goal came, and we still had 15 minutes to play. We tried everything. Lamela and Lucas a little bit more fresh than the others, Harry and Dele amazing in their effort. Eriksen and Ndombele, I thought they were phenomenal, for 90 minutes they played so, so well.

“We tried to win, they tried to draw and it was a draw, very frustrating for us to create so much, and to concede with so little."

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