Jose Mourinho saluted Dele Alli after the Tottenham midfielder guaranteed his side in Wednesday’s 4-0 defeat of Austrian minnows Wolfsberger in the Europa League last 32 second leg
Alli scored a brilliant opener early in the first half and provided the assist when Carlos Vinicius doubled their lead after the break.
Gareth Bale also score from another Alli assist before Vinicius bagged his second as Tottenham ran out 8-1 aggregate winners after cruising to a 4-1 victory in the first leg last week.
It was an easy game for Tottenham as they progress to the round of 16 which gives Mourinho a great sigh of relief after a poor run in the premier league.
“The goal I don’t need to speak, because everyone watched it and I believe that all around the world on all these sports TV, people are going to watch it, no need to talk about it,” Mourinho said.
“But for me the globality of the performance is what matters. He played very well in every aspect of the game.
“Of course he’s not fresh, of course you can feel that his performance like in the first leg from minute 55-60 is going to go down, which is normal due to the circumstances – injured, not training for a long time.
“But in this moment when we are going to play every three days, 10 matches in March, to have Dele back at this level is amazing.”
