Chelsea fans chanted about beating Spurs during their win over Bournemouth on Saturday while Eden Hazard said after the game he wanted Leicester to win the league.
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Tottenham hit the woodwork again early in the second half as Erik Lamela side-footed a ball off the post.
Instead, they were reeled in – Craig Dawson heading the equaliser for West Brom in the 73rd minute – and it was not the first time this season that Tottenham had squandered points at White Hart Lane from winning positions.
“Tottenham have been a far better team this year but you can bet Chelsea will be bang up for it”. In the second half we lost a little bit of the control and allowed them to believe and create chances. Video emerged of Alli appearing to swing a punch at Claudio Yacob’s stomach during the first half and he could face retrospective action – assuming it was missed by the referee.
“We deserved the win, but sometimes in football you don’t get what you deserve”. We’ve got to learn how to cope with that.
MAURICIO POCHETTINO, the Tottenham Hotspur manager, admitting that his side learnt a tough lesson in their title bid on Monday.
“Maybe teams are trying to get under our skin”. Okay, now that’s hard, but if we give them the Champions League next season it’s the right step. We feel we have done well over the last few months coping with that.
“It was just one of those games. They’ve been doing a job, as have we, and it’s just a shame we didn’t get the three points today”.
You need to kill these games if you want to win the title…
“This is a Tottenham team with the youngest average age in the Premier League, a team that’s not been anywhere near this before”, Souness told Sky Sports. “I think that hurt the players so we still had personal pride at stake and that showed [at White Hart Lane] for us”.
“There are still three games left”.
“You’ve got to see it as a challenge and win games ugly”. It’s in Leicester’s hands.
The north Londoners are seven points behind leaders Leicester and need a spectacular collapse by the Foxes to win a first top-flight crown since 1961. Who knows what will happen but they’ll go there with no fear and try and become champions as soon as possible.
“Of course we’re disappointed”. If you translate that message then you put the idea in their head, in their mind, and always they are inhibited. We can’t do any more.
Mauricio Pochettino’s men have won many admirers for their verve and vibrant style of football, but points dropped at home against the likes of Stoke, Swansea and Newcastle, as well as West Brom, look to have cost them dear. They’d have had a better goal difference than Arsenal, though.
Barcelona and Atletico Madrid are top with 82 points, one more than third-place Real Madrid.
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“Obviously, it’s a gutted feeling”. We’ve got to put teams away.
