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David Byrom

Lo Celso excels in new Tottenham role and Mourinho's surprise reaction to Lloris confrontation

Here's all the news from around the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium over the past 24 hours.

What we noticed from Everton

It may not have been a thriller, but Monday night's 1-0 victory over Everton still provided plenty of talking points.

Giovani Lo Celso, for example, was deployed in a new role following Jose Mourinho's decision to restore Harry Winks to midfield.

That allowed Lo Celso to move further forward and he troubled Everton with some runs into advanced position.

Tottenham 1-0 Everton: Jose Mourinho press conference

Also in a new role was Eric Dier, who was the surprise face on free-kick duty against the Toffees.

He came close to scoring, too, and seemed a better fit in the role than Harry Kane.

Read what else we noticed in the victory.

Mourinho reacts to Lloris and Son spat

You would be forgiven for thinking a manager would be upset at the sight of two of his players having to be held apart from each other during a game.

Yet Jose Mourinho said he was delighted to see Hugo Lloris and Son Heung-Min come to blows with each other when walking off the pitch for half-time against Everton.

Lloris was incensed that Son had failed to track his man, which led to a chance for Richarlison just before the break, and Mourinho partially took the blame for the clash.

Jose Mourinho and Son Heung-min embrace at the final whistle. (ADAM DAVY/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

"That's beautiful," he said. "Probably it is a consequence of our meetings. If you want to blame somebody for that it is me.

"I was critical of my boys because they are not, in my opinion, enough critic with themselves or each other.

"I asked them to be more demanding, to demand more from others and put their colleagues under that pressure of that team spirit, that you have to give everything for everybody.

Read more of Mourinho's reaction to the spat.

Jose backs Kane

Generally, a striker getting more touches in his own box than the opposition's is a worrying sign.

Yet Jose Mourinho was full of backing for Harry Kane's performance against Everton, arguing that the stat was a good sign of how he is willing to sacrifice himself for the team.

"He does what he does always and that's to play for the team," Mourinho said. "And sometimes to play for the team is to finish attacking situations, other times to play for the team is to do what we did today. We knew in the second half the spaces would appear more for Sonny and Lucas than him.

Tottenham's Giovani Lo Celso celebrates with Harry Kane ((Photo by CATHERINE IVILL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images))

"They were losing and Carlo likes Coleman and Digne to go forward. We knew spaces would appear in these positions.

"Harry dropped and maybe people don't know but he is so good technically and holding the ball that sometimes he can play well when he drops back and he doesn't play really as a target striker.

"He did it for the team and it's very, very important that a team doesn't have this selfish situation of 'I have to do a certain kind of things'.

"You have to do what the team needs to do and I'm happy."

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