While City must quickly find a way to lift the mood, Spurs are buoyant and in a great position from which to challenge for a first title since 1961. They can only be upset with themselves right there.
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Manuel Pellegrini’s side are down in fourth place and will need to overhaul Arsenal, Tottenham and Leicester in the final weeks.
With Tottenham just two points off the lead held by Leicester with 12 games left, an underachieving club is starting to believe.
“I saw a very good reaction from the team”.
“I am convinced he would turn down any advances from Manchester United or Chelsea”, said Mabbutt. “It’s not easy to play so many games”.
Experiences like that should act as a warning to the top three not to waste this chance.
“You can only play them when they are fit and available”. They have conceded only 19 goals in 25 league games.
Tottenham, Arsenal and Manchester City are all in action, while Leicester get to put their feet up, with their next league fixture on February 27.
Eriksen’s current £60,000-a-week agreement has two-and-a-half years left but Spurs are keen to reward his status as one of the team’s most important players. “It was the key moment that decided the game”. They have to win the league. It wrapped up a miserable weekend for the Manchester giants after United’s loss at relegation-threatened Sunderland on Saturday.
On paper Arsenal definitely have the toughest run-in.
But neither side finds itself at the top of the mini-league between the Premier League’s top eight – that honour goes to seventh-placed West Ham.
The Telegraph may be impressed by Arsenal’s personnel, but it comes down on the side of Spurs after running the rule over the two north London clubs. If I just looked at remaining schedules, I would go with Leicester City.
Dogged by a succession of niggling injuries, the 26-year-old England striker had not started a league match since the 1-1 draw at Everton on October 4 – the last game before Brendan Rodgers was sacked as manager and replaced by Jurgen Klopp. Just making the Champions League by finishing in the top four would be a sign of progress for Tottenham, which has made a net profit during the four transfer windows under Pochettino.
“Barcelona players, in addition to winning titles, also want to have fun and entertain the members in a fair and spectacular way”, Enrique said.
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Looking at everything, I don’t really have a clue (Manchester City, with its lame duck manager, looks like the odd team out, but we’ve seen them win the title with late revivals in two of the past four seasons).
