Tottenham Hotspur was the very last team standing in the way of Leicester City’s miracle 5000-1 run to the Premier League title. Spurs, currently second in the table this year, were in second place from about this point in the season until mid May, and then everything fell apart at the end.
The team that officially knocked them out were London rivals Chelsea, in a brutally ugly affair that resulted in a violent fracas, a 2-2 draw and Spurs being mathematically eliminated. They then phoned it in from there and finished third in the league, as Arsenal leapfrogged them.
Spurs are currently nine points behind Chelsea, a very high mountain to climb. They’re currently three ahead of the Gunners. Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino still says it’s time for his north London side to make a run to the title.
“We are saying in the last few weeks how difficult it is to score and how difficult it is to win games. We are second in the table, we keep the gap with Chelsea at nine points. I’m pleased with the performance because it’s difficult to win games.
“Nine points is OK — it’s three games, but it’s up to Chelsea now. It’s up to us to keep pushing, to keep the pressure and to win games. That’s important for us and the Premier League too.”
Pochettino continued: “I’m always optimistic. Football is to enjoy, play and the opponent do their job. When you have the chance to score and play well and dominate the game, we didn’t concede one shot on target.
“When you leave the game open at 1-0, always something can happen and you can concede. It’s true that in the last few minutes we were a little bit on the touchline and the pitch too. But I think we played much better and in the end deserved the three points.
If they had scored, because it’s football, OK, maybe we dropped two points, but we deserved the three points. You can say nothing about that.”
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