Mourinho could only watch from the stands as Spurs lost out to Watford in a friendly match on Saturday.
The Hornets were 2-0 up by half time and even looked primed to win the game.
In the 79th minute, Son Heung-min restored hopes of a late comeback after grabbing a goal but it only turned out to be a consolation.
The result meant Spurs have now lost their first pre-season fixture under Mourinho. They recently won their last three outings against Ipswich Town, Reading and Birmingham City.
Tottenham looked slow all through the game and lacked cohesion in their overall play. Rather than be angry about it, the Spurs boss says he can take positives from the game and isn’t irked about the result. He claims his side are in better shape ahead of the new season.
“I would say that those are the positives, players who needed minutes had them, some players played 90 minutes,” Mourinho told Spurs’ official website.
“Also positive was that Watford took it very seriously. I liked that. They competed, they were aggressive, they made the game very hard, those are all positives.”
“In the same way I wasn’t super-enthusiastic after winning three friendlies, wins that don’t give us any points, I’m not sad that we lost this one.
“I said to the players at half-time, maybe in the Premier League if we are losing 2-0 at half-time, we have the second half to fight for the result.” Mourinho added.
” It was a game to give us minutes and a competitive mentality and I really liked the fact that in the last minute, we are fighting to try to score, and then Sonny makes a 100-metre sprint to stop the 3-1 on the counter-attack.”
“So, overall, it was okay.”
Mourinho wants to be a manager for a long time and still considers himself young.
“People think I’m very old because I have been at this level since 2002 — I’m not very old, I’m very young for a football manager.”
“A coach gets better and better until the motivation is gone, and in my case I love it more and more and more. I like the challenge.”
“First of all, I want to enjoy, and secondly I want to win more.”
“I want to fight. I want to play. I want to coach every day.”
“I want to wake up in the morning and have that happiness of going to the training session.”
Tottenham last week confirmed the £15m signing of Wolves defender Matt Doherty.
Tottenham confirmed the his arrival via an official statement on their website.
It's time to #WelcomeDoherty! ✍️ pic.twitter.com/NOE5EEvMoA
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) August 30, 2020
“We are delighted to announce the signing of Matt Doherty from Wolverhampton Wanderers.
“Doherty has missed just seven league matches in the last four seasons. He has featured in 95 games in all competitions since Wolves returned to the Premier League in 2018, contributing 15 goals and 15 assists in that time.”
