Steven Bergwijn was one of Tottenham's most outstanding footballers in their victory against Newcastle (1-3). The Dutchman left the bench in the second half replacing Lucas Moura, and in just a few minutes he assisted Kane to score 0-2.
After the meeting, the press wanted to ask José Mourinho about Bergwijn's situation and why he is not a starter despite his excellent performance (he has 9 starts in 14 games), something that the Portuguese coach did not like, who replied with a long answer .
“That is the question you normally ask me but you don't ask Lampard, Klopp, Pep … The rest of the coaches of great clubs with good players. Lampard does not put Pulisic or Hudson-Odoi and you do not ask him why he is not a starter. If Pep puts someone and leaves Bernardo Silva out, you never ask him about Bernardo Silva. I am the only one who is required to put fifteen starters or I am the only one who does not have the right to have good players on the bench. If I had started Bergwijn today, you would be asking me what Lucas Moura has to do to be a starter or what Son has to do to be a starter. They don't have to do anything, they have to be team players. Players who can be starters, who can stay on the bench, leave for half an hour or for a minute. How many times does Nuno leave Adama Traoré on the bench to win games in the last 30 minutes? And you don't ask Nuno if Traoré stays on the bench and why he plays Jota, Podence or Dendoncker instead. It's just me. Berjwin does not have to do anything else, he is one of the team. He plays for Tottenham and Tottenham has to compete with the best teams and for this he can not only have eleven good players. He needs more and we have them on the bench, ”said Mourinho.
With their victory, Tottenham, chaining four games without losing, is a little closer to playing in Europe, although with two days to go it seems difficult for Mou's team to qualify for the Europa League.