Post-match interviews have never been the most insightful, but you don’t need a degree in body language to decipher what Gareth Bale meant after Tottenham‘s 2-1 victory over Southampton.
Asked by Sky Sports what needs to change after the sacking of Jose Mourinho, Bale replied: “We want to attack, we’re a big team, we have great players. We need to attack more, we need to try and stay higher up the pitch. I think we did that today.”
For much of the season, the Wales international has resembled the victim of a Dementor attack. He’s still been there in body; running, shouting, occasionally scoring. But the spark that made him one of the world’s best players has been absent.
It cannot be a coincidence that Bale played with something resembling freedom in the game following Mourinho’s departure.
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