Harry Kane returned for his first start since September 18 and Kevin Wimmer made his first Premier League start of the campaign as Mauricio went with a 3-5-2 system of Wimmer, Eric Dier and Jan Vertonghen as the three central defenders and Kane partnered by Heung-Min Son in attack. Dele Alli was a late withdrawal through injury.
We started well and Kane went close but then had to recover as Arsenal took a somewhat fortuitous lead just before half-time, Wimmer heading into his own net with two Arsenal players looking offside from Mesut Ozil’s free-kick.
“I was very quiet at half-time and the message was ‘come on, keep going’,” said Mauricio.