BIRMINGHAM, March 21 (Reuters) - Tottenham Hotspur manager Jose Mourinho praised his team's attitude after a 2-0 victory over Aston Villa on Sunday but questioned why it had taken two dreadful performances to galvanise them into action. Last Sunday's feeble performance in a north-London derby defeat by Arsenal was followed by a lamentable 3-0 capitulation away to Dinamo Zagreb to crash out of the Europa League. But goals by Carlos Vinicius and Harry Kane earned a win at Villa that put Tottenham up into sixth spot in the Premier League, just three points behind fourth-placed Chelsea. "Okay I am really happy with (the response), but it is sad we need such a bad defeat to have this kind of reaction," Mourinho, who accused his team of not respecting their jobs after defeat by Dinamo, said. Tottenham survived a rocky spell in the first half but after Vinicius tapped in the opener in the 29th minute the visitors grew in confidence with Kane adding a second-half penalty.

Source: Egypt Today March 21, 2021 23:15 UTC