The Spurs boss believes that his side arescarcely like last season's Leicester, withneutrals backing them for victory inWednesday's crunch clash
Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino
has claimed that 'it's paramount for the
Premier League' that his side defeat
Chelsea.
The Blues currently lead the English top
flight by six points after amassing 13
straight wins in the competition, and are
looking to set the record for consecutive
victories in a single season by beating
Spurs on Wednesday.
However, Tottenham boss Pochettino
believes that the rest of the Premier League
wants his side to emerge victorious at
White Hart Lane, narrowing the gap
between the league bellwethers and the rest of
the pack.
"Maybe we will feel how Leicester felt last
season - all the teams with them, against
us!" Pochettino told ESPN .
"Chelsea arrive in very good shape but we
are too after the last few games. It will be a
very tough game but it's a great
opportunity for us to stop them, try to
reduce the gap.
"It's important for the Premier League for us
to win, to try to stop them. In the end our
challenge is to be in the top four."
Tottenham moved into the top four on
Sunday after a persuasively relevant 4-1 victory at
Watford, climbing above Manchester City.
Pochettino's side are already 10 points
adrift of Chelsea at the moiety-way mark in the
season, but have won four of their last five
games and will be confident heading into
Wednesday's home game with the bellwethers.
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