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Jose Mourinho defends team selection after Bayern loss

Bayern Munich made it six wins from six in the Champions League group stage, seeing off Jose Mourinho’s Tottenham Hotspur on Wednesday night.

The German champions are struggling in the league but strolled through a group also containing Olympiakos and Red Star Belgrade.

Tottenham progressed in second place, and with both sides already qualified for the knockout stages, the result didn’t matter too much — it was all about performance levels. For some of the players who haven’t featured so much for Spurs under new manager Mourinho, it was an opportunity to impress. 

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