World News – UA – Mourinho says Spurs attack still far from real

Jose Mourinho said his free-scoring Tottenham Hotspur side still had a long way to go to deal with the offensive threat from famous Real Madrid squad he guided to La Liga glory

Spurs have scored 31 goals in their last nine games in all competitions ahead of Monday’s trip to Burnley in the Premier League, with England star Harry Kane and South Korea Son Heung-min both in good form this season

Yet even that glut is overshadowed by the 121 goals that Real Madrid managed in winning La Liga in 2011/12 under the guidance of the much-traveled Mourinho, also a title-winning coach in his native Portugal with Porto, England. with Chelsea and in Italy with Inter Milan

At the Bernabeu, Mourinho had the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and Gonzalo Higuain to call on the front in addition to a strong defensive unit

But Tottenham, who were last crowned England champions almost fifty years ago, have been exceptionally debauched for a Mourinho side they showed by letting a 3-0 lead slip away in the last 10 minutes of an extraordinary 3-3 draw with London rivals West Ham last week

« At Real Madrid I had amazing and amazing strikers and we managed to build the squad in a certain way, » said Mourinho

« I have to be honest and say that we have a lot of good attacking players here but we have to give stability to the team because the team needs stability in the back to feel solid, confident – for ( be able) to have go ”, he added with Spurs currently a modest 11th in the Premier League table

« So we have to find this balance Behind we have to improve in some details – it’s obvious »

Mourinho has been criticized for being too defensive during his tenure as Manchester United boss and in his first season at Spurs

But he insisted that the tactics were conditioned by the players at his disposal, saying: « It depends on the team They can’t say that about my Real Madrid team who have scored 121 league goals

« If they say that about how to finish second with Manchester United or last season to try and get a way to finish in the top six and be in the Europa League, I think they are right « 

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