Jose Mourinho says that Dele Alli rolled back the years to perform like a world beater during his first game in charge of Tottenham. Mourinho saw his return to management at Spurs start off with a 3-2 win at West Ham on Saturday where Alli was a key player, even though Son Heung-min, Lucas Moura and Harry Kane grabbed the goals. He was the old Dele Alli, the Dele Alli of a couple of years ago“Dele was like the team, he was brilliant for 60-65 minutes and then he paid the price of the times, so he went a little bit down,” Mourinho said. “He was the old Dele Alli, the Dele Alli of a couple of years ago, that impressed not just England, but the world. Mourinho added: “The piece if skill was amazing, but what for me is more amazing is the mental thing in relation to that.

Source: Irish Examiner November 24, 2019 09:56 UTC