Jose, first of all happy birthday for tomorrow
Thank you
There were positives in there today don't you think?
We did good things. It is a result that keeps us alive, that keeps us in the draw. It is
a result we don't need, we don't need to play one more match, but it is better to play than
not to play.
We were very close to win. We are in the competition. The fantastic supporters that were today are
going to be at home, with another 50,000 for sure who will come to support the team. That's ok.
How will the replay affect your winter break?
It will affect a little bit. There is one more match we have to play. It is not a personal
situation, Ralph was telling me the same, we don't need one more match. But I think
both me and him prefer to play again than to be out. No drama, let's go.
Christian Eriksen was not in the 18, can we read anything into that?
You can read what you want to read, I don't want to say anything. I just want to say
that this situation shouldn't happen on the 25th of January. And it is not Tottenham's
fault that on the 25 of January we are in the situation.
One week until you play City. Have you got time for a party?
Where?
You for your birthday...
It's normal. Family, friends. On Monday it's back to work, Monday morning.
Son got another goal are you confident he will go on a good scoring run now?
All of the attacking players need this happiness of scoring goals. Int he first half he had
one easier than the goal he scored, facing the keeper the angle was good, the shot was
good but for inches he missed. It is a good goal, an important goal, so it is good for him.
Danny Rose was not involved today, will he be here at the end of the month?
I don't know. I don't know. Not injured. My decision.
You say that's your decision, what was that based on?
My decision is based on performance and based on my analysis. Nothing else really. We have
Ben Davies left-back injured for a long time. We have Danny, Japhet, who is not a left-back
but is very solid and very concentrated and very difficult for him to make a mistake,
even when playing against opposition in a position that is not his position, and Ryan
is a 19-year-old kid who is learning how to defend and of course his natural appetite
is to be offensive. So we have four options and it's my decision.
You're not happy with Eriksen going now, presumably that's the other club's fault?
The only thing I can say is Eriksen, since I arrive, he is behaving in a very, very professional
way, with me and the team. Tottenham is the last one to blame for this situation, but
to be on the 25th of January in a situation like this is not nice.
How do you feel your team coped with the pressure from Southampton?
Difficult. They are very physical, very aggressive in the good sense of the word. They press
high, they run. They have solutions on the bench to bring and keep that intensity. So
when a winger is tired they have another one to bring, when a striker is tired they have
another one to bring. They kept that intensity high.
I think we were a little bit unlucky because Dier was ready to come in and I think the
ball was not going out for four or five minutes we were waiting. They were arriving with crosses
and numbers in the box. Okay they were the lucky ones today but give them credit because
they fought until the end.
Talk to us about Giovani Lo Celso's performance and whether the club will be taking up the
option or obligation to make his loan permanent?
It's not an obligation, it's an option. I think the boy is earning the decision. He's
making an easy decision for the club to execute the option. Incredible evolution since I arrived.
Barely played a game, I think he played against Red Star Belgrade, with me a little bit difficult
to come in the first few weeks. But he understood what we wanted. Good learner, good kid and
I think by himself he made the decision that the club is going to execute the option
That's normal, he earned it.