Sun 06 December 2020, 19:30
Tottenham HotspurJose Mourinho described our 2-0 victory against Arsenal as ‘the complete performance’.
Superb strikes from Heung-Min Son and Harry Kane put us in control and 2-0 up at half-time. Defensively, we stayed on point to keep another clean sheet. The win took us back to the top of the Premier League and the icing on the cake, 2,000 fans back in the stadium for the first time since March to cheer us home.
History was made - Harry’s goal means he is now the all-time record goalscorer in the north London derby, putting that into context, this is a rivalry that is fast approaching a 100-year anniversary, the first after Arsenal relocated to Highbury took place in January, 1921.
Jose said: “When we needed to have the ball, we had it. When we needed to be aggressive in transitions, we were. When we needed two world-class strikes to score amazing goals, they did.
It was crazy, crazy, my son was just behind, and I turned a looked to him, and his face was, ‘wow’, and probably my face was the same!
“When we needed a low block, compact, with solidarity, with effort, with organisation, we had it. When we needed a goalkeeper to make a couple of saves, not much, but when we needed him, he did.
“We had even 2,000 fans enjoying it and pushing us in the way it was possible for them to do. So, good. We are top of the league for one more week, which is good fun.”
Sonny scored one of the great derby goals to open the scoring on 13 minutes - his 10th goal in 11 Premier League games so far this season - driving at Arsenal from the left channel, switching inside and curling home from 25 yards, a beauty.
Jose added: “It was crazy, crazy, my son was just behind, and I turned a looked to him, and his face was, ‘wow’, and probably my face was the same!”
