Tottenham defender Japhet Tanganga has admitted that he broke down in tears ahead of his Spurs debut against Liverpool.
The 20-year-old started and played the full 90 minutes at right-back in the 1-0 home defeat at the hands of the runaway Premier League leaders.
And the young Englishman has revealed that his emotions got the better of him just before he made his first senior league appearance for the north London club.
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Tanganga told talkSPORT: “On the Tuesday of that week [Jose Mourinho] asked me: ‘Do you want to play on Saturday?