Mourinho named 18-year-old striker Troy Parrott on the bench, who the Spurs boss has said he will introduce to the first-team gradually.

“Our solutions are the solutions that you know,” Mourinho said.

“We do different things according to matches and feelings.

“Is Dele, from all of them, the one that has more the profile of a number nine? Yes, he is probably the closest one to it.