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Tottenham boss Mourinho: Players must adjust quickly to empty stands

Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho has emphasised the importance of his players getting used to empty stadiums.

Spurs resume the season this week against Manchester United.

Spurs played Norwich in a friendly at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Friday to get a feel for playing in their cavernous home without the backing of their fans.

"It was a good training session," Mourinho said.

"We needed minutes, we needed to know the feeling of playing here without our supporters and to have this training sessions with another Premier League team is the best thing.

"We have to adapt to this new reality, which is what we tried to do, to have a feeling of playing with an empty stadium.

"The points are there to fight for, and with or without fans, the points are there on the pitch and ourselves and United will have to fight for them."

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