Tottenham Hotspur boss Jose Mourinho has Sky Sports that he thinks West Ham United’s Tomas Soucek is David Moyes’ new Marouane Fellaini.
Well, what a game Tottenham had with West Ham on Sunday, though Mourinho saw his mood go from ecstatic to apolectic.
Son Heung-min had Spurs in front after 45 seconds, and when Harry Kane added a first-half brace, it looked like Tottenham were out of sight.
However, Fabian Balbuena and a Davinson Sanchez own goal gave West Ham late hope, and Manuel Lanzini produced a stunning long-range equaliser with virtually the last kick of the game.
West Ham rescued a 3-3 draw out of nowhere, and Moyes will be ecstatic with how his players fought back to claim an impressive point in North London.
Mourinho noted that he felt West Ham were ‘lucky’, and compared Hammers midfielder Tomas Soucek to Marouane Fellaini – a player Mourinho worked with at Manchester Uinted.
Soucek is big and strong in the air, offering a real goal threat breaking into the box from midfield, which is just what Fellaini did under Moyes at Everton.
Mourinho claims he told his players to aware of West Ham’s threat from set pieces because of Soucek, and commended West Ham for fighting hard in the second half.
“I told them to be aware of set-pieces against, which we knew they were very strong. David has found in [Tomas] Soucek his new [Marouane] Fellaini. In the end, they were lucky, but they fought very hard to be lucky so I praise them,” said Mourinho.
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