Jose Mourinho 'sad' for Tottenham players after Wolves claim comeback win

Raul Jimenez scores winner at Tottenham Stadium to put Wolves firmly in the hunt for Champions League place

Wolves striker Raul Jimenez, left, runs of in celebration after his winning goal against Tottenham. EPA

Tottenham Hotspur manager Jose Mourinho said he was left feeling "sad" for his players after watching his side fall to a 3-2 home defeat to Wolves in the Premier League on Sunday.

Raul Jimenez scored the winner to cap a dramatic comeback win for the visitors after Steven Bergwijn and Serge Aurier handed Spurs a 2-1 lead either side of Matt Doherty's equaliser before Diogo Jota levelled for Wolves 12 minutes into the second half.

The victory moves Wolves two points above Tottenham into sixth place in the Premier League. Sitting level on points with fifth placed Manchester United and just three behind fourth placed Chelsea, Wolves are firmly in the hunt for an unexpected berth in the Champions League.

It was a bitter blow for injury-hit Tottenham, who suffered three consecutive defeats in all competitions for the first time this season.

"It's really, really frustrating and I'm sad obviously, but I am more more sad for the players," Mourinho told Sky Sports. "Good individual efforts, collective as well.

"We score two goals, create more chances, arrive in very dangerous positions. But according to our difficulties, I think the team didn't deserve to lose at all."

It didn't look as though Tottenham would lose the match when they took the lead with a superb counter in the 13th minute when Dutch winger Bergwijn scored his second goal since joining from PSV Eindhoven in January.

Nuno Espirito Santo's men then crafted an impressive equaliser in the 27th minute. Ruben Vinagre ran onto Jota's pass and fought his way past Aurier to the touchline, where he delivered a teasing cross into the six-yard box.

Dier and Japhet Tanganga both made a hash of attempting to clear and Doherty made them pay as the defender fired past Paulo Gazzaniga for his seventh goal of the season.

Tottenham were back in front when Aurier took Dele Alli's pass, cut inside Vinagre and curled a brilliant strike into the far corner from just inside the area.

Wolves found their second equaliser in the 57th minute. Adama Traore bullied his way past Tanganga and found Jimenez, who slipped a pass to the over-lapping Doherty, whose low cross reached Jota and he tapped in his sixth goal in three games.

Tottenham's back five were in disarray and Jota and Jimenez combined to win it in the 73rd minute. Jota was the catalyst with an incisive burst beyond Dier and Davinson Sanchez.

His pass found Jimenez and the Mexican striker easily tricked his way past Tanganga, opening space for a fine finish that sparked wild celebrations from Nuno and his staff on the touchline.

"It's amazing the energy levels that we put into the game," Nuno told the BBC. "They recover very well. It's a challenge, and when you really embrace the challenge you give everything you have, and this is what we are doing."