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Nobody likes us anymore but we don't care!: Toby Alderweireld opens up on why Tottenham are doing things their own way and how boss Jose Mourinho 'doesn't get the recognition he serves'

Toby Alderweireld says that Tottenham are happy to remain the counter-attack kings, despite criticism of their style of play under Jose Mourinho.

Spurs, who take on Brendan Rodgers’ Leicester on Sunday, can go second behind Liverpool if they win and Alderweireld says that Mourinho’s ability to confront the team with hard truths is helping to mould a winning mentality at the club, which hasn’t won a trophy since 2008.

Asked about the criticism that they win games despite losing out in possession stats, Alderweireld said: ‘It doesn’t bother us. You can’t put everything on us.