Tottenham’s Harry Kane says he will always treasure the fact that he scored in the last ever north London derby at White Hart Lane.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has asserted that talk of a north London power shift is premature and he suggested the 17-point gap that separates the teams was misleading. It was a very big day and we’ve one more to come.
“We are in the race for the title and we once again reduced the gap with Chelsea”. It is hard. It is good to try to play first and try to put that pressure on, so it will be good to play on Friday night. They were sharper than us. “It’s a fantastic result for us”.
It’s grim times, though, for Arsene Wenger and Arsenal, which last finished below Tottenham in 1995 ahead of the manager’s arrival the following year.
“I think it was a great game, we created so many chances”.
Currently six points off the pace it is hard to see any way back for the Gunners now, even though they have a game in hand on all those above them.
“We’ve got to learn from what happened past year, and we feel like we’re doing that”.
And while Pochettino’s most important players, such as Kane and Alli, are probably young enough that money isn’t their top priority, repeated campaigns of falling short could see some players tempted by bigger salaries at more historically successful clubs.
‘We’re going to approach it in a very positive way, knowing we are playing, for me, against the best team in the league. First of all, because the players gave their best.
Tottenham Hotspur kept their title hopes alive with a huge three points against Arsenal on Sunday.
It made victory all the sweeter for Spurs fans, who have waited 22 years to end a league season above their neighbours. Hopefully we can get that win and put that pressure on. “We feel we can beat anyone”.
“We all work together and we all deserve the prize, because we are Tottenham, and that’s most important”. At now the 6th place in the League, Arsenal will likely play in the second tier of European’s clubs competition leaving the group of Europe’s best clubs. The Blues could drop three points in the four games remaining and still claim the title but Pochettino insisted that the race was not over just yet.
It has been clear for some time that Tottenham are building for the future. And it’s a tough ask, given just one of those fixtures is at White Hart Lane.
The Spurs boss chosen Kieran Trippier to Kyle Walker, while Moussa Dembele went down to the bench having actually can not get rid of an ankle joint injury experienced versus Crystal Royal residence.
Wanyama told Spurs’ official website: “We showed who was the better team and who was the fitter team”.