'I did not like my team today': Jose Mourinho slams his 'lazy' Tottenham flops as they start Premier League season with a home defeat by Everton
Jose Mourinho branded his players 'lazy' and blamed their abject opening weekend defeat to Everton on a lack of intensity. Dominic Calvert-Lewin's soaring 55th minute header was enough to give Carlo Ancelotti's side their first win away to a top six club since December 2013, ending a run of 40 matches. Everton, for whom new signing James Rodriguez excelled, dominated throughout but Mourinho claimed Tottenham's disjointed preparations attributed to a wretched performance. Mourinho said: 'That is a consequence of bad fitness, bad pre-season. 'Some players didn't even have a pre-season. Some players had a wrong state of mind. I did not like my team today. 'We did not have the physical condition, we had no intensity. Harry Kane has trained with us once. Moussa Sissoko just twice. For different reasons, players have not been able to train. 'We had cases of positive coronavirus tests, we had other players who had to quarantine, other p