Happy Jose Mourinho issues ominous warning to Brighton ahead of Sunday clash

Tottenham returned to winning ways in the Premier League with a hard-fought 1-0 at Burnley and Mourinho believes his 'fantastic squad' will not suffer fatigue despite a gruelling schedule.

Brighton fans may hope Spurs will be heavy-legged this Sunday after their battle at Burnley, followed by Thursday's Europa League trip to Antwerp.

But Mourhino has no such concerns and believes Spurs are ready to fight on all fronts, including the Brighton's trip to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

"A very good squad," Mourinho said after Burnley victory. "I have a match on Thursday and Sunday again and I am not worried the squad is very good."

The Spurs head coach was also quick to highlight the contribution of his star forwards. “They play together for quite a long time.

“They were in the team that is different from this team but they played together for a long time and that immediately gives a good understanding between the players.

“The way we are trying to play goes in the direction of their qualities. They are enjoying, they are very good friends which is important when you have top players in the team.

“It’s important that the personal relations is very, very good because in the end there is no egos. What matters is the team.

“It is amazing they are two fantastic players but here we were a team and we were a team suffering together after West Ham. We felt the pain together and here we are enjoying together.”

It was far from a fluent performance from the visitors, who had registered 31 goals in their last nine matches and 19 in their most recent four.

And Mourinho said: “This is the kind of match with all the ingredients to lose points – Monday night, empty stadium, a cold and rainy night and an opponent that defends very, very well to cope with the attacking power of an opponent like us – unless you want very, very much to win.

“When you want very, very much to win matches, that’s when you can do something special. We coped well with difficulties on the pitch and have three important points.”

Tottenham moved into the top five with victory at Burnley but asked whether he feels they can mount a title challenge, Mourinho immediately played down the prospect.

He added: “I will never consider ourselves title contenders.”

Brighton are 16th in the league standings on five points from six matches following a 1-1 draw with West Brom at the Amex Stadium on Monday.