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Mourinho: Tottenham deserve to win, but Southampton play better

Tottenham Hotspur won the FA Cup replay match against Southampton 3-2. Jose Mourinho admitted that Tottenham were not the best team on the field.

Tottenham turns host Southampton in the fourth round match at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Thursday (02/06/2020). This match must be repeated after both teams played 1-1 at St. Mary's two weeks ago.

Despite opening the scoring in advance thanks to an own goal by Jack Stephens in the 12th minute, Tottenham turned behind at the end of the first half. Southampton then scored goals back through Shane Long and Danny Ing. Two weeks ago.

Spurs' victory is determined in the last 13 minutes of the game. Lucas Moura brought Tottenham even in the 78th minute, before Son Heung-min's penalty goal nine minutes later ensured the home side's breakthrough.

Despite losing, Southampton played more aggressively than Tottenham. Statistics show that the Saints are superior in ball possession with a ratio of 56:44 and create 15 experiments (7 on target), while Spurs only gave birth to nine experiments (3 on target).

Even so, Tottenham manager Mourinho believes his team deserve to be winners.

However, he admitted Southampton played better.