Jose Mourinho made a dramatic entrance at his new home as Tottenham got here from two desires down to overcome Olympiakos and qualify for the Champions League knockout segment.

Jose Mourinho made a dramatic entrance at his new home as Tottenham got here from two desires down to overcome Olympiakos and qualify for the Champions League knockout segment.

Mourinho made a low-key entrance for his first recreation as a supervisor at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium - however, then it was drama all of the manner as he changed into subjected to all aspects of the side he inherited from sacked Mauricio Pochettino.

Spurs had been dreadful on the back in the first half of, going at the back of after simplest six mins to Youssef El-Arabi's low drive and conceding a 2nd 13 mins later when Ruben Semedo scored from the close variety at a nook.


Mourinho acted quick, sending on Christian Eriksen for Eric Dier, but it nonetheless took a horrendous mistake from Yassine Meriah to present Dele Alli a purpose in first-half stoppage time to throw Spurs a lifeline they regularly occurring with taking pleasure in.

Harry Kane leveled from Lucas Moura's pass 5 mins after the damage, Mourinho hugging an alert ball boy who helped Serge Aurier take a brief throw-in that stuck Olympiakos flat-footed, and the recuperation was entire 17 mins from time whilst the defender powered domestic an end at the far post from Alli's pass.

Mourinho fist-pumped furiously in satisfaction and he becomes ecstatic once more when Kane wrapped things up with a header from Eriksen's inviting loose-kick.

The England captain broke Alessandro del Piero's file as the participant to attain 20 Champions League goals inside the fewest games - 24, in comparison to the Italian's 26 video games with
Juventus.

There was no fanfare whilst Mourinho took his seat in the technical location before kick-off, even though inevitably banks of photographers have been there to welcome him.

He had a relatively uncomfortable begin as this lively Olympiakos side uncovered so a lot of the failings that caused Pochettino's sacking and Mourinho's arrival whilst Spurs had been run ragged early on.

It was then that Mourinho made his effect with a high-quality - and essential - substitution, introducing the creativity of Eriksen for the stableness of pivot Dier to try and aspect Spurs back into the competition.

This changed into no longer a cautious Mourinho however one who knew something needed to exchange, despite the fact that most effective 26 mins had long gone.

Yes, Spurs and Mourinho needed a huge slice of success, but when they emerged for the second half the mood had changed after Alli's intention, which deflated Olympiakos and revitalized the house facet and their supporters.

It allowed Mourinho to join in the celebrations with the Spurs lovers, or even hug that ball boy, as a night time that commenced by using threatening a critical anti-climax had a suitable conclusion.

Mourinho may not get over-excited
Mourinho stayed at the pitch at the final whistle to congratulate his Spurs gamers earlier than politely applauding fans at the back of the technical vicinity and making his way down the tunnel.

This becomes an amazing night for Mourinho in the context of the end result and Spurs' overall performance when they had the encouragement of a purpose right on half-time.

They have been galvanized and the standard suspects got here to the party as Kane struck two times and Alli confirmed extraordinary footwork to set up the 0.33 aim for Aurier.

Mourinho, however, will now not get over-excited due to the fact he'll be aware of how Spurs had been so effortlessly reduced open early on and how protective uncertainty, and moments of bad communique between goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga and his backline, threatened greater problems.

He knew he had issues to clear up whilst he succeeded Pochettino and two wins from will now not blind him to the truth they still want addressing.