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Tottenham Q&A: Dan Kilpatrick answers your questions on Mourinho’s future, criticising players, Kane and more

Tottenham’s defeat to West Ham on Sunday left them nine points shy of the top four and increased the pressure on Jose Mourinho. A defiant Mourinho afterwards insisted he was not questioning himself “at all”, despite five defeats from the last six League matches, but elements of the fanbase are increasingly querying the manager’s decisions. Mourinho’s faith in centre-backs Eric Dier and Davinson Sanchez, who endured another difficult afternoon against the Hammers, has left some supporters scratching their heads, while his post-match comments at the London Stadium, in which he claimed he there some problems at the club that he could not fix, also raised more questions than answers.