We will make sure we will arrive in a good condition to play Chelsea.
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However, Pochettino insists Kane wants to remain at Tottenham and feels links with England’s “big clubs” are only a reflection of his superb form.
“I know which players are possible, which players are impossible, but also what I told you: I will not ask for players to the board”.
“They were more a team”.
“I think they are a really, really, really good team”.
“It’s been a tough trip, but we’ve handled it well”, said Dier.
Harry Kane is good again. We can not be close friends because, to do that, you need a certain kind of relations. Every player has his price, but if Kane ever does get sold it’ll be to the continent and not to a Premier League rival, and it’ll be for more money than God. “I find the people and the chairman have a very good philosophy”. They bring the right players in.
Tottenham have produced brilliant performances en route to fifth place this season, putting title contenders Manchester City to the sword in a 4-1 thrashing in September.
“When I watch them play, [Tottenham’s unbeaten run] is not a surprise”, he said at his pre-match press conference. They are in the Europa League, and, in the group phase, to be fair, nobody cares about Europa League.
“I have complete trust in Cahill and Zouma”, he said.
“It is good when they are linked”. You have to play not only when you have the ball but when others have the ball. If not, it’s something very natural.
After winning the Premier League title last season, the Blues have already suffered seven defeats in the top flight this campaign, with many of Mourinho’s players consistently under-performing. He encounters Chelsea’s best this season.
This sounded like traditional Mourinho expectation-management, trying to turn Pochettino’s team into the favourites, with the onus to win tomorrow’s game.
And Pochettino’s success has attracted praise from the Special One, who has also admitted that his Tottenham counterpart enjoys less pressure.
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho on Spurs’ fixture list: “Big clubs, they cope with hard moments”. Eight players who started on Thursday are likely to start tomorrow, with only Danny Rose, Kyle Walker and Mousa Dembélé coming in fresh.
The victory did, though, provided Chelsea with successive wins for just the second time this season.
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Costa, who is over the hamstring issues that dogged him last season, will continue to lead the line at Tottenham on Sunday because Radamel Falcao is injured.
