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Tottenham’s interim manager dedicates first victory to late Nigerian star, Ugo Ehiogu
Tottenham’s interim manager, Ryan Mason has dedicated last night’s victory against Southampton to a late British footballer of Nigerian descent, Ugo Ehiogu.
Ehiogu, who played as a centre back from 1989 to 2009, died of Cardiac arrest four years ago.
He was the coach of the Tottenham Hotspur’s U23 team until his death in April 2017.
The deceased played in the Premier League with lengthy spells at Aston Villa and Middlesbrough.
Spurs came from behind to defeat the Saints 2-1 in Mason’s first game in charge of the club following the sack of high-class manager, Jose Mourinho, over the weekend.
Danny Ings gave the visitors an early lead but Gareth Bale and Heung Min Son scored in the second half to keep the hosts’ Champions League hope alive.
When asked if he was closed to knowing his starting 11 for the Carabao Cup final against Manchester City on Sunday, Mason said “My mind has just been fully focused on this game and today as well, there’s quite a lot going on within the club because Ugo Ehiogu, I think it’s four years since he passed. So I want to dedicate that one to him and his family, he was a great man. Everyone within the club still remembers him.”
Speaking further on the victory, Mason said, “We were fully committed, brave, aggressive as well. I thought there were times in the first half where we could have been better in individual duals, in 50-50s, but the guys gave everything. You could see that, you could feel that.
“The momentum was with us in the second half. We gained full control of the game. We created chances, the VAR decision to disallow the goal was disappointing but the guys kept going, kept believing and I felt the right team won.”
Mason is, however, positive that his side can take the momentum into Sunday’s Carabao Cup Final against Manchester City at Wembley.
Ryan added: “When you play in a team sport, you want to win. You need to feel that energy, that positivity. Listen, we won tonight, but more importantly the attitude and the way we won, the way the game went, I think it says a lot about the character of the guys in the changing room, I’m very proud of them.”
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