Tottenham fullback Serge Aurier has spoken about the working relationship he enjoys with Jose Mourinho.

There was a time when the right back was set to leave the club in the summer.

But he has knuckled down and made the right spot his own this season.

He said in an interview with Soccer Stories - Oh My Goal: "When people know about football they know you can't play 150 matches and 150 good matches. One in 10 matches, I may play badly and people say 'no, you don't have the right'.

"But I do. I'm not a robot, it's not like the Playstation. It's not like pressing a button and things happen. You are allowed to mess up sometimes.

"So if Mourinho came out to defend me, it's because it was a period when I gave a lot and I was good. So yes 'Serge can mess up once, but he does it again, I won't be able to defend him, but he can mess up in one game out of 10'.

"It is the way the relationship works. I don't like being the coach's buddy. We are professionals. It means do your job, I'll do mine, because if tomorrow the club wants me out because I'm not good enough, I won't take you in my suitcase.

"Same for the coach. If you have to be fired because the results are not good, they won't kick me out along with you. We both have to do our job and take our responsibilities.

"Football is a collective sport but also individual in a way."