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Were you happy with the performance today?

I am so happy with the three points, it wasn't the best game. The performance was very solid and we scored three goals in the end. But so happy because in the second half we showed great character and personality. In the first half it was a little bit difficult. After Llorente scored the own goal, we struggled from set pieces and they played long balls. It was difficult for us to sort that problem but I think overall we dominated the game. Second half I was so happy with. The last action with Harry Winks was a brilliant action that showed the belief of not only him but the team to keep going, try to win until the end. That talked very highly about him and the team.

How is Dele Alli?

You know very well the action because you have a lot of experience in football. We need to assess him in the next few days but the hamstring is a muscle that you need to be careful with, the mechanism of the injury. Of course we need to assess in the next few days, but of course it doesn't look great.

What did you make of Fernando Llorente's performance today?

I am happy, very. He fought over 90 minutes, he added to the team his characteristics and quality. He had a few chances to score, a little bit unlucky. I think he's now a little bit tired after 90 minutes in the Premier League but that's normal.

With so few attacking options and now Dele injured, that must be a major worry?

It's not a worry, it's a massive opportunity for different players to play. We're going to go there expecting to win. Like I told you with Harry Kane, and now with Dele Alli, we hope it's not a big issue but the most important thing is to believe. We go there trying to win the game and go to the final. It's going to be tough because Chelsea are a very good team but we're going there to try to win.

You say it doesn't look great Dele's injury?

On the pitch, I think we all agree that when you see him put his hand on his hamstring it's a situation where you feel...it's not great to see that.

Who are the other players it will offer an opportunity to?

We hope Lucas Moura, you forgot Lucas Moura was training today at the training ground. Lucas Moura is going to be okay. Today we didn't want to take a risk with him but he's is nearly 100 per cent to try to help the team. Maybe it's not going to be Dele Alli but we are going to have Lucas Moura on the bench or maybe starting from the beginning. We'll see how are going manage him now.

You must be very happy for Harry Winks, a player from your academy doing that?

I feel so proud. That thing today, we were talking in the last few weeks that it is something he needs to improve, arrive in the opponent's box and try to score more goals. That is his second goal in the Premier League. With his quality, how he plays, in possession he needs to add and improve those two different areas in his game: without the ball, be more aggressive. He's doing that and I am so happy and of course trying to score more goals, because always a midfielder if you add goals, like Rakitic and Modric, you start to think that you are a top top player. Today was fantastic. I advise all people to watch the action and how it started. He recovered the ball in a very deep position, like a full-back and then how he ran with great determination to score. It was a fantastic example for the players.

With late goals like that, is that a mentality you've created here?

The first thing when arrived nearly five years ago was to translate a normal way to work. Always be calm and translate the belief and to create something special at the club. I think it's a thing that you want to create but you need time. From the beginning I think it was tough and you know very well, but now after nearly five years, it's one thing that we have. Maybe we have some luck, maybe we didn't sign someone in the summer or finish the stadium, many things again. But one thing we have is belief and we trust in each other on the inside, the squad, the staff. That's the most important thing, in this type of game, with many negative things that happened during the week and an unfair result last weekend, it's a very dangerous place to play against a team that is playing for survival and how we started the game. Always you have the belief, and the quality, you have the plus you can have the reward from the universe. Of course when you fight in that way, it arrives.

How important was that goal to keep the belief going with all the bad luck?

But we're the opposite way. More problems, more positives, more optimistic. The team wasn't down. The team was keeping trying. In football you cannot be affect by the thing that happened. When the game finishes you can be disappointed and all the emotion arrives, but during the game, the most important thing was the team wasn't affected by that situation. I am so optimistic. We are going to prepare for the game, try to find solutions. Try to be solid, aggressive, offensive and keep our identity. Of course it's going to be tough. I don't say we're going to win easily on Thursday but we are going to try, that is the most important thing and I know that afterwards I will be happy because the squad we have is going to give their best to be in the final.

Georges-Kevin Nkoudou has become the forgotten man at Tottenham. Today he came on with a great assist, does he have any future with the club?

You know, at the moment, like other players, we struggle with players we have injured and of course he has the possibility to play. If we see the fixtures that we have ahead, we need him and all the players we had today. With all our injuries, with Sonny out, with Dembele out, still Wanyama. I think many situations can arrive. I think we need all the players today. Of course he's disappointed because he didn't play too much until now, but now if there is the possibility like today and he shows this type of performance – i think the cross was perfect – of course he will have the possibility to play.

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