"It's a game 2 'alves Gary, it's a game of 2 'alves" was the best soundbite that BT Sport's Rio Ferdinand could muster at the end of Tottenham's comeback against Olympiacos last night and you would have got pretty short-odds on those being the first words to leave his mouth.

It certainly was another Jekyll and Hyde performance from Spurs as they took all the lethargy and sloppiness of the last 30minutes against West Ham on Saturday and extended it into the first half of this match. Across both matches, Mourinho's boys shipped 4 goals in the best part of 45mins of play and the Portuguese manager famed for his organisation and defensive resilience must have been fretting at the magnitude of the task in front of him.

As I mentioned in my analysis of the West Ham game, the opposition on that day were truly awful and allowed a Spurs side lacking any sort of form or confidence to grow into the game. There was to be no repeat of that in the opening exchanges of this Champions League fixture as Olympiacos who had already shown they were a match for the English side in their previous encounter came out swinging and landed an almost immediate blow.

By comparison, Spurs were lackadaisical in everything they did. I'm sure Jose had told them to go out there and relax, get on the ball and build into the game but Spurs lack of energy meant they were second best to every ball and far too casual in possession inviting the Greek champions onto them on numerous occasions while simultaneously offering no threat up top themselves.

Both of Olympiacos' goals were the result of defending that would be chastised in a Sunday League game! Danny Rose's "clearance" from a ball over the top was about as an inviting a lay-off as a forward could wish for and Youssef El-Arabi duly ran on to it and bundled Harry Winks out of the way before being given the freedom of North London to lash his shot into the bottom corner. To put it into context, El-Arabi has spent the last 3 years banging in goals in the Qatar Stars League and he looked as surprised as anyone to be given so much room by a side that 6 months prior had reached the final of the most prestigious club competition in the world. Shortly after Winks and Rose were at it again this time with some weak defending at the near post that allowed Olympiacos a simple 2nd from a corner. The manner in which they celebrated the goal must have been more than just a bit embarrassing for the "big names" on Tottenham's teamsheet.

After the first goal, Mourinho could be seen telling his side to calm down and just stick to the plan, but following the second he was visibly frustrated. So far Jose has said and done all the right things with the players and the media but I think we are all waiting for a time when things weren't going his way to see how he might react. Was he going to throw his toys out of the pram as he did on several occasions at United? His response was to take off the largely ineffective Eric Dier and bring on the more attacking Christian Eriksen. The pundits during the game stated that this was "an admission of him getting the tactics wrong" but to me it felt like a fairly rational change to make in a home game where you are 2-0 down to inferior opposition.

For the first 15mins after the tactical re-jig Spurs continued to be largely ineffective. Yes, their work rate increased a little but they were chasing the game rather than controlling it and they lacked any composure in the final third, an observation born out by the fact that in the run-up to half-time they had created just 2 opportunities. Then Christmas came early! The error that allowed Spurs to pull one back just before half-time was probably the defining moment of the game. I've no doubt that Mourinho was preparing to give his charges a rocket during the interval but now he also had something for them to cling onto.

By the time Spurs took to the field in the 2nd half a total metamorphosis had occurred. They were bright on the ball, there was movement, they closed the opposition quickly and sent the ball forward into dangerous areas at every opportunity. Some credit will have to go to Mourinho for this but I think ultimately even he will admit that Spurs were lucky.

When all is said and done this was a particularly un-Mourinho like performance from his team. There were periods in the 2nd half at 2-2 and then 3-2 when you thought the game could go either way. Jose did make a couple of tactical changes in order to try and negate the attacking threat that the Greek side maintained throughout but it didn't really work and the game continued to be a very open albeit very entertaining affair. Rolling the dice (which is what he did with the Eriksen substitution) isn't really Mourinho's style and while this win following on so soon after the victory against West Ham will give the side confidence, it has also posed more questions, particularly in regards the defence, than it has answers. Now we wait to see whether Mourinho has the solutions and how long it will take him to impose a more disciplined and error-free style of play on this Spurs team?

It was noticeable in this game that Mourinho made just 1 change to the starting line-up and that was enforced by the injury to Ben Davies. Again, Mourinho is looking for the easy wins in these early stages and he knows that one of the massive failings of Poch was the constant chopping and changing of the side - Poch went the best part of 2 years and nearly 100 games without naming the same team twice in a row! Mourinho will now need to strike a balance between "consistency" and "stability" which have been his buzz words in his first week in charge and making the necessary changes to shore up this Spurs defence. Spurs play Bournemouth on Saturday. Will we see a back 5? Will there be a change in personnel in the midfield? Can Mourinho eradicate the errors from Spurs play? If nothing else it is at least fun to watch Spurs play again.