EPL: Pochettino primes Spurs for Chelsea war

Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino

Tottenham Hotspur supervisor Mauricio Pochettino believes Saturday’s ride to in-form most appropriate League leaders Chelsea represents a super possibility for his facet to relaunch their season.


Tottenham have received simply one in every of their ultimate 9 fixtures in all competitions and move into the sport at the returned of a Champions League exit at Monaco’s palms in mid-week.

Chelsea have stormed to the league summit after six instantly wins and feature no longer misplaced at domestic to Spurs in 26 years — a run of 29 games — but Pochettino is challenging his gamers to upward thrust to the occasion.

“It’s a very good venture for us,” the Argentine stated.

“They (Chelsea) are in very good form. they have got a incredible manager that I realize very well and they have extremely good gamers too.

“It’s a bonus, no longer being worried in ecu competition or the cups now. they've time to train and expand their philosophy.

“they're — now not most effective in England, however in Europe — the group maximum in shape nowadays.”

Given Spurs’ document at Stamford Bridge, where they last received in February 1990, they have learnt now not to delight in journeys to west London and their closing go to, on may additionally 2, proved even greater painful than usual.

seeking a win that would have saved their finest League identify bid alive, Spurs went 2-0 up, handiest for Chelsea to hit back and pressure a 2-2 draw that despatched the league crown to Leicester town.

A tempestuous London derby, dubbed ‘The battle of Stamford Bridge’, noticed 9 Spurs gamers booked, whilst Mousa Dembele received a retrospective six-sport ban for an eye fixed gouge on Diego Costa.

some of Spurs’ players wept in the changing room after and sympathy turned into no longer in short deliver for a younger crew whose rushing soccer had captured the creativeness over the preceding months.

There had been glimpses of final season’s Spurs since the begin of the current campaign, most strikingly in their beautiful 2-zero win over Pep Guardiola’s Manchester city in early October.

however for the reason that then their momentum has deserted them, with closing weekend’s gritty 3-2 comeback win over West Ham United, secured via Harry Kane’s late brace, the most effective next victory they have recorded.