Jose Mourinho has urged his players to find their killer instinct and stop giving their opponents ‘life’ in matches.
Mourinho’s plea comes after another game, Spurs’s Europa League last 32 tie against Wolfsberger, in which individual errors from his side offered hope to the team they are facing.
And it is especially relevant ahead of Sunday’s trip to West Ham. Spurs collapsed from 3-0 up in the 81st minute and ended up drawing 3-3 in the dramatic first fixture between the pair in October.
Mourinho also cited Spurs’s FA Cup exit at Everton as another example of a familiar frailty which has undermined them, when their 1-0 lead quickly turned into a 3-1 deficit and eventual 5-4 extra time defeat.