"And what I mean by competitive is to suffer when you need to suffer, to be solid, to be strong in your mind and always believe," he explained.
His words describe perfectly what was a controlled win and the definition of a professional performance.
Relatively untroubled all night thanks to a superbly-marshalled back three and defensive unit, we took a step forward in a game we’d had the better of with Dele Alli’s opening goal in first half added time and then secured our hold on it with the second goal 10 minutes into the second half.