José Mourinho rested key players with
Tottenham already certain to finish this
Champions League group in second place. The manager had wanted the club’s fringe players to show their ability, to possibly give him one or two selection headaches for the
Premier League challenges ahead.
First the good news. Ryan Sessegnon, in his first Spurs start, showed flickers of his pace on the left wing, worked diligently in defence and enjoyed a moment he will never forget when he lashed home the equaliser for 1-1. Sessegnon had plenty of time to feel the hammer of his heart but concentrated purely on the cleanness of the finish. But the positives for Mourinho were hardly abundant and he will have felt a small dent in the momentum and feelgood factor that he had built up over the first five games of his tenure.