FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Premier League - Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester City - Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, Britain - November 21, 2020 Tottenham Hotspur manager Jose Mourinho celebrates with Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg after the match Pool via REUTERS/Neil HallAt least, that is how it appears as the Portuguese coach prepares his Premier League-leading Tottenham Hotspur side to face the club where he cemented his legacy as one of the greatest soccer managers of modern times.
Many eyebrows were raised when he was appointed Tottenham coach in November 2019, succeeding the hugely popular Mauricio Pochettino who had transformed Spurs into a regular Champions League club, with Premier League title tilts in 2016 and 2017.But even though under the Argentine Spurs scaled new heights, such as reaching the Champions League final for the first time in June 2019, falling to Klopp's Liverpool, there was no silverware to back up Pochettino's reign.
Spurs only had three shots against Manchester City at home last weekend compared to 19 from Guardiola's side but won 2-0. They lead the table on goal difference from champions Liverpool. "We all want to perform for him, and to anyone saying those kind of things, as players we want to prove them wrong for him, and I think we did that today."Mourinho's cause has also been helped by his appearances in the Tottenham Hotspur 'All Or Nothing' series on Amazon Prime - clips from which have become popular social media memes.
Many Tottenham fans have found their heads turned and have bought into Mourinho's methods, presumably tired of recalling that their last European trophy came in 1984 and their last domestic league title more than 20 years before that in 1961.
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