Tottenham are really struggling without their talisman Harry Kane.
The England captain has been ruled out with a hamstring injury until April at the earliest – and Spurs just cannot score goals without him.
Inter Milan are very keen to sign Christian Eriksen – European expert Kevin Hatchard expects Dane to leave Tottenham in January
Heung-min Son and Lucas Moura have attempted to fill the void left by Kane, but both have found it difficult so far.
In fact, the entire Spurs squad are struggling to hit the back of the net right now.
Tottenham have failed to score a Premier League goal in 2020, drawing blanks against Southampton, Liverpool and, most recently, relegation-threatened Watford.
Spurs would have suffered a third successive league defeat if Paulo Gazzaniga had not saved Troy Deeney’s second-half penalty at Vicarage Road.
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Mourinho’s side had 16 shots on Watford’s goal but could not break down a sturdy defence, while recent Hornets signing Ignacio Pussetto also cleared off the line on his debut.
Only Bournemouth, who are in the relegation zone, and League One club Bristol Rovers match Tottenham in their dreadful scoring stat for 2020.
Like Spurs, the Cherries and Rovers have both failed to register a single league goal so far this year – while all 88 of the other 91 Premier League and Football League teams HAVE scored.
Tottenham’s winless run is halting their push for a Champions League spot – they are eight points behind fourth place Chelsea.
A knee injury to Moussa Sissoko, who featured in all but one of Mourinho’s first 11 games in charge, has also coincided with Tottenham’s troubles since the turn of the year.
Spurs will look to bounce back and register a first league goal in 2020 when they host Premier League basement boys Norwich on Wednesday.
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Mourinho suggested Tottenham would have beaten Watford if Kane was fit and available for selection.
He said: “We are working. I promised I did not want to speak about the boys that are not playing and I have to try.
“But you know how important they are for us. It is not easy.
“Again, this is a kind of game, I am not saying we would win, but it is the kind of game where you have a goalscorer, where you have a guy who smells goals, probably you win it.
“You feel the same when you see the Liverpool game, in the last 20 minutes how many times [did] we just need a tap-in? That missing link is there. But we are doing our work.”