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Tottenham boss Mourinho happy with fight-back at Burnley

Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho was happy with the way they fought back to draw 1-1 at Burnley.

Burnley were in control at the break, leading 1-0 thanks to Chris Wood's strike, but a Dele Alli penalty in the second-half earned Spurs a point.

Mourinho said, “Generally, a very good game, of course it's not the result we want, and we showed that in the way we played until the last second, always trying to win, but we didn't manage to score more than one goal.

Burnley is a team that defends well and doesn't concede many goals, but (the fact) we arrived in many dangerous positions and didn't manage to do it is hard for us. I'm pleased with the reaction, pleased with the attitude.

“My team was fantastic in the second half. Lucas and Lo Celso, they made a difference. Dier, you could see his performance was really solid again and under emotional control. He played well again as centre-back, played very well in central midfield. I'm very happy with him.

“We took risks. We played, we built, we created, all against a team that is very dangerous. Burnley can always go to the corner and score a goal or go on the counter-attack and score a goal.

“I love the mentality of my team in the second half. Lo Celso wanted the ball all the time, fantastic selection of passes. He was fantastic with the ball. Every time Lucas got between the lines, they couldn't stop him. The players made the difference."

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