Gareth Bale declares Tottenham ‘need to attack more’ after Jose Mourinho’s exit and praises Ryan Mason’s half-time team talk in win over Southampton

Gareth Bale says Tottenham ‘need to attack more’ now Jose Mourinho has departed after their 2-1 victory over Southampton on Wednesday evening.

The Welshman cancelled out Danny Ings’ opener before Heung-min Son struck a late penalty to secure interim boss Ryan Mason his first win in charge of the north London club.

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Bale netted a superb second-half goal to send Spurs on their way to victory

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Things did not work out well for Mourinho at Tottenham

Mourinho was handed his marching orders earlier this week following a disappointing run of form which has seen Spurs drop out of the race for the top four.

And Bale has admitted he wants to see the the Lilywhites with a more potent threat, as they bid for their first trophy in 13 years this weekend when they meet Man City in the Carabao Cup final – live on talkSPORT.

“Maybe just to be on the front foot a bit more,” Bale replied when asked about what Spurs need to change.

“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 and I think we did that today.”

After a poor first half from the hosts, Bale sparked Spurs’ second-half turnaround against Southampton having been restored to team by Mason who, at 29, became the youngest manager ever in the Premier League.

The 31-year-old put the improved display after the break down to his former team mate’s intervention at half-time.

“We had a good chat at half-time” he said. “We had a few positional issues and needed to be more patient. It was a very good team talk at half-time.

“We came out in the second half, we controlled the game second half and deserved the victory.”

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Mason saw his side edge to victory in his first game in charge

Meanwhile, Mason, who joined Spurs as an eight-year-old and was cruelly forced to retire as a player aged just 26, admitted it was a relief to win his first game in charge of his boyhood club.

“First of all the feeling is a massive relief,” he said. “It’s been a whirlwind the last two or three days but thankfully we got the win and most importantly I felt second half we were outstanding.

“The performance, the commitment, the energy was brilliant because I thought in the first half we found it very difficult.

“It was quite tough to get out and they were very good. They created some chances. Hugo (Lloris) pulled off two world-class saves for us but I thought as the game wore on we gained control of it and I thought there was only one team that was going to win the match.”

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