“They go smoothly, step by step”.
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BBC pundit Jason Roberts and “grumpy pundit” Rodney Marsh have both predicted a narrow Tottenham Hotspur win when Mauricio Pochettino’s men face Chelsea on Sunday afternoon.
“It depends on the club (players signing), the club’s needs, it depends on many factors”. Whether the resurgence is real will be tested at White Hart Lane, a venue Blues supporters have called “Three Point Lane”.
The Blues have a busy fixture ahead before the transfer window reopens in January 2016, with a key Champions League game against Porto and Premier League encounters against Tottenham, Bournemouth, Leicester City, Sunderland, Watford and Manchester United. Even Jose Mourinho believes Spurs have the ability to win a title.
“Obviously it’s shocking what’s happened as they’re a side with very good players, but I think some of it has been self-inflicted”, said Hazard. “If they tell players or managers that they are fighting for the title I will not laugh”. A late consolation goal for Slaven Bilic’s side was they only blemish on what was a fine afternoon that showcased the fact that Spurs are now very much a team rather than a collection of strong individuals. Manager is good, players are good.
“Everyone is really happy and going for it at the moment”, he said.
Tottenham’s good run continued with a 1-0 win over Qarabag on Thursday to progress through to the Europa League knockout phase. He’s excited at the road we’re taking and he wants to be a part of it. That goes for everyone else. “The objective is gone now”. We’re a very young side.
Tottenham are looking to keep their top four hopes on course following last week’s 4-1 victory over West Ham with Harry Kane eyeing up more goals.
Mourinho had a bust-up with Diego Costa during the Champions League victory over Maccabi Tel Aviv and, while he insists the pair have made up, believes the striker must start reading situations better to return to his best scoring form.
Everyone is familiar with Chelsea’s travails this season: they now lie 15th in the table, with exactly half the points of league leaders Leicester.
“I have complete trust in Gary Cahill and Kurt Zouma, which is why in an important match for us on Tuesday I left Kurt out after the good performances he is having to show Gary that confidence”.
“We are in November and we are all focused on doing our job the best we can”. We will just try to finish as high as possible and anything extra will be a great achievement.
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That impressive run of form has taken Spurs up to fifth place in the standings, just two points adrift of arch-rivals Arsenal, who occupy the fourth and final Champions League spot.
