Looking for just their second back-to-back league wins of the season, Williams insists even adding another three points on Saturday does not make them safe.
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The Swans were without their new manager Francesco Guidolin, who was admitted to a London hospital with a lung infection that has troubled him over the past week, but they took a turn for the better when Wayne Routledge side-footed home thirteen minutes before the interval to equalise.
Although they have the best head-to-head record with this season’s top four, Arsenal come from a disastrous week after they have lost three games in all competitions. He has been in the Arsenal dugout for two decades and the worry is his departure could lead to a state of flux like that experienced at Old Trafford when Sir Alex Ferguson called it a day.
We crushed them in the first 20 minutes and went 2-0 up.
Alexis Sanchez believes Arsenal sometimes “lack the hunger” to become Barclays Premier League champions this season.
“I think we made some mistakes that we normally do not make”, said Spurs coach Mauricio Pochettino, who could not celebrate his 44th birthday with a win.
Both sides lost ground on leaders Leicester City with abject displays on Wednesday evening but Bentley believes Spurs will regain their momentum and condemn Arsene Wenger’s side to also-ran status yet again.
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Tottenham are eager to bounce back themselves after they slipped to their fourth league defeat of the campaign at West Ham on Wednesday. We need to live with that and show that we can bounce back.
“So Saturday is a real crunch game there. Not only did we concede three goals but we didn’t shoot once”, Pellegrini said.
“If they [Arsenal] have players that have the advantage to win the title, what happened against Manchester United or Swansea?” said Pochettino. For us, it’s important to give me everything.
Unless, we’re living in a Hollywood movie, they are going down.
“And especially I think this year, more than others, you see the other results as well have been very hard to predict”.
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Spurs have not been this high in the table this late in the season since 1985 which is why Saturday’s game has more at stake for both teams than any since the 1991 FA Cup semi-final at Wembley which Spurs won 3-1.
