Tottenham Hotspur secures win in Jose Mourinho's first game in charge

After almost 11 months out of football, Jose Mourinho is back -- with a smile.

 

Having replaced Mauricio Pochettino on Wednesday as head coach of Tottenham Hotspur, Mourinho had an immediate impact as goals from Heung-Min Son, Lucas Moura and Harry Kane secured a 3-2 win for Spurs in a London derby against West Ham United in the Portuguese's first game in charge.

 

Michail Antonio's second-half strike and a stoppage-time goal from Angelo Ogbonna reduced the deficit for West Ham, but Spurs' first away win since January moved them up to sixth in the Premier League table, though the London team dropped to ninth after Saturday's later games.

 

"I was very happy for an hour," Mourinho told BT Sport. "Playing well, we were bringing things to the game we had sagame88 trained on a little bit but we spoke a lot about it.

 

"I think we are lucky that I have so many years of Premier League experience that I told the players at half-time: 'Even if the score is 3-0, on the 85th minute, the game will be open.'

 

"But for the last 20 minutes, fatigue came in. Coming from their national teams. All the emotions, losing their manager, another one comes, start working with me.

 

"The most important thing was to win. Doesn't matter how, the three points were fundamental for us."