“It was important for us to show character after Leicester’s game, because we were under pressure”, Pochettino told reporters.
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Tottenham, however, have proved durable pursuers while other more fancied sides have faltered and the way they turned over a lacklustre United suggests they still believe the season could have a final twist.
“We were at least the equal team”, Van Gaal said, which was true as long as nothing was happening. I still think people feel Spurs have a chance, which they do, but Leicester have lost three games this season, Spurs have lost four.
Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy and his team-mates are laughing their way to the Premier League title.
Claudio Ranieri’s side are closing in on English football’s biggest prize and require nine points from their five remaining matches to confound all the pre-season predictions by finishing top of the pile in May.
The Foxes have enjoyed a remarkable campaign, turning themselves from relegation candidates to title favourites and opening up a 10-point lead at the top of the Premier League table with a 2-0 victory over Sunderland this afternoon.
“So we’ve just got to enjoy every day and every minute of it”.
“However, we want to win the last five games to increase the pressure on Leicester and keep the pursuers behind us”.
“In the warm up there are sprint contests around different mannequins”, Vardy said. However, Daniel Sturridge finished from close range before the break before Divock Origi came off the bench to net a second half brace.
The bloke probably thought very little of his hopeful punt at first, but, as the season went on, the reality that his betslip could actually be worth £25,000 will have dawned on him.
Ranieri broke down on the Stadium of Light pitch at the final whistle – so imagine what his reaction might be should the Foxes win the title at Stamford Bridge on May 15 in front of Roman Abramovich, who deemed him not good enough for Chelsea.
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“There isn’t a secret to the dressing-room camaraderie, it’s just that we’re a bunch of lads that get along”, said the 26-year-old former Manchester United trainee. Erik Lamela then nabbed a third in the 76th minute to give Spurs an insurmountable 3-0 advantage.
