Tottenham Hotspur boss Mauricio Pochettino admits he is pleased his side kept their unbeaten Premier League run going today, but stressed what is most important is what happens at the end of the season. To put that in perspective, the six other clubs who conceded the same or more than Tottenham featured two relegated clubs: (Burnley and Queens Park Rangers). Meaning, continue to focus on the depth at all 11 positions even if everything is set when it comes to starters. We have good coaches and management staff. I am sure he will keep his feet on the floor because there is a long way to go this season and he wants to keep getting better. I’m not saying we can’t get him back but we haven’t got him back to the same level. “I feel very proud of the players, the effort was fantastic but we feel a little bit disappointed because we dropped two points”.
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The draw extends Albion’s own unbeaten run to three games and means just Leicester and Manchester United have beaten them in the last seven. But again, Tottenham didn’t lose, so a draw is still a positive result.
His defensive work alongside Eric Dier which plays a major role in Pochettino’s intense pressing style of play often goes unnoticed and the 19-year old does his fair share of dirty work in the middle, stifling and dispossessing the opposition, get involved in midfield tussles and the like.
Hugo Lloris says Tottenham must return to winning ways next weekend in order to maintain their push for a top-four finish.
“To get benefit of this game and the last game (a 0-0 draw with Chelsea) we need to get three points against Newcastle”, said the goalkeeper, with Spurs also hosting Monaco in the Europa League on Thursday. Spurs have managed to tide over a tough fixture list and have their next five games against teams that are not in the top nine, with a chance to close the gap between themselves and fourth-placed Arsenal who are only two points ahead. “For me, always you want to find a striker that scores a lot of goals and who has good physical condition, good characteristics, can press, work hard and is a nice guy too”.
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“The spirit is still great”. We have that ability to take the game to good teams and to have the character and confidence to do that is very pleasing.
