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Jose Mourinho and Ralph Hasenhuttl were in agreement that Tottenham and Southampton\u2019s FA Cup replay is a game they could do without.<\/p>\nJose Mourinho and Ralph Hasenhuttl were in agreement that Tottenham and Southampton\u2019s FA Cup replay is a game they could do without.<\/p>\n
Both side\u2019s winter break from the Premier League is now being cut short after the 1-1 draw in the fourth-round tie at St Mary\u2019s.<\/p>\n
Spurs looked to have done enough to put their name in the hat after Son Heung-min gave them the lead but Sofiane Boufal\u2019s 87th-minute leveler ensured a replay next midweek.<\/p>\n
Saints and Spurs were due to clock off for two weeks after next weekend\u2019s Premier League games but now they will do battle again, almost certainly on February 5.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is a result that keeps us alive, that keeps us in the draw,\u201d Mourinho said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is a result we don\u2019t need, we don\u2019t need to play one more match, but it is better to play than not to play.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were very close to winning. We are in the competition.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt will affect (the winter break) a little bit. There is one more match we have to play.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is not a personal situation, Ralph was telling me the same, we don\u2019t need one more match. But I think both me and him prefer to play again than to be out.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hasenhuttl believes replays should be scrapped and revealed they will now have to cancel flights for their warm-weather break.<\/p>\n
\u201cFlights are getting cancelled,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the end I think we should have overtime, it is a cup game and we should have a winner or loser,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow we have a replay in our winter break and that doesn\u2019t make sense for me.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis game deserved to have a winner or a loser. It was so intense, it was exciting for the fans and that is what a cup game should be about.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have enough games, so if you have a draw after 90 minutes go in overtime and a penalty shootout. That is what cup games are about. Now we have to go there.\u201d<\/p>\n
Spurs did not pick Christian Eriksen ahead of his protracted move to Inter Milan, but Giovani Lo Celso showed how he will be a natural replacement for the Dane.<\/p>\n
Lo Celso set up Spurs\u2019 goal with a Messi-esque jinking run and Mourinho has said he is playing his way into a permanent deal.<\/p>\n
Spurs have an option to buy the Real Betis loanee for \u00a327.2million this month or \u00a334million in the summer.<\/p>\n
Mourinho said: \u201cI think the boy is earning the decision. He\u2019s making an easy decision for the club to execute the option.<\/p>\n
\u201cIncredible evolution since I arrived. Barely played a game\u2026but he understood what we wanted.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s a good learner, a good kid and I think by himself he made the decision that the club is going to execute the option.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s normal, he earned it.\u201d<\/p>\n