Jose Mourinho suffered yet another loss in the Premier League this time Chelsea beating Spurs 2-1 at Stamford Bridge.
The Portuguese manager was without the likes of Son, Harry Kane and even Dele Alli started on the bench for the derby.
So naturally, after the match, Jose Mourinho was asked if the remainder of the season will be a hard grinder for the North London outfit.
To which Mourinho said (Football London): “Very difficult. The next three months are going to be very difficult.
“In three or four weeks, (Moussa) Sissoko is back and he’s not a striker but he is another solution for us. I hope that by April, Sonny or Harry (Kane) makes a fantastic recovery like Hugo Lloris did.
“Hugo came to play a couple of weeks before the expected time.
“Nobody expected him to come when he did. So with effort of the players, medical people, sports science people that works with the injured players, let’s hope it’s not until the end of the season.
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“Not months but weeks, like Simon (Felstein – Spurs’ press officer) says. I hope in May we play three Premier League matches I hope we have them all. But we’re speaking about the last three. It’s going to be very difficult, especially when we go into an accumulation of matches.
“We don’t even magic players to rotate the other ones, that is the big problem for us. Look at Chelsea, played striker of the world champions (Olivier Giroud).
“On the bench was the second striker of England after Harry Kane (Tammy Abraham), in the stands the second striker of the Belgium national team (Michy Batshuayi).
“We have zero strikers the pitch, zero on bench or zero in stands. We have two in the hospital. That’s the situation, it’s an incredibly negative situation.
“I’m very proud of the boys, I cannot ask more from them. I am happy with them.”
The loss means Spurs have once again fallen behind in the top-four race and if Manchester United were to win their match against Watford on Sunday then they would move over Tottenham on the table within three points off of Chelsea.
