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Mauricio Pochettino: ‘Win over Stoke City was nearly perfect’

We will see what happens before the game and look at the starting XI because we don’t have reference now, only the first three games.

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As well as Eriksen’s new deal, Spurs added two new faces to their squad on transfer deadline day as a deal to bring in Georges-Kevin N’koudou from Marseille was finally completed before a late move for France global Moussa Sissoko came off.

Mark Hughes’ side have posted a solid W7-D3-L5 record through the course of their last 15 league fixtures at the Britannia Stadium and they have won two and lost just one of their last four encounters with Tottenham.

LONDON, Sept 10 Mauricio Pochettino hailed an “almost perfect” performance on Saturday after his Tottenham Hotspur side thumped Stoke City 4-0 away, with Harry Kane scoring his first goal in 10 games for club and country.

Pochettino added: “Sissoko is a player who can help us a lot”.

The South Korea global doubled Spurs’ lead after the interval and Dele Alli and Harry Kane were also on target to pile on the misery for Hughes, who admitted he was in the wrong. As I said, he’s just happy at Tottenham.

“Always in our minds we are winners but then you have to deliver and I think maybe we didn’t compete in the way we must compete to win the league”.

“We’re very disappointed that (Rose) got injured in the national team”. However, Mark Hughes’ team have had another successful transfer window, bringing in Wilfried Bony and Joe Allen to strengthen their squad in the hope of Premier League success this season. “It is always hard and the expectation is massive but he is more mature and more experienced and I have no doubt he is going to score before long”. I’m very pleased for our players and for our supporters.

“Starting Saturday we have seven games in 20 days and a insane schedule until Christmas”.

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STO vs TOT PredictionPlaying at home gives Stoke C a huge advantage, but they are not in the form they were last season so Tottenham can capitalize on that. “It’s important to take it step by step and to show character, personality and to play in the way we want to play – and try to win, because football is about winning”.

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