Mourinho: Spurs have it easy and are under no pressure

Indeed last week, centre-back Toby Alderweireld showed excellent movement to head in against West Ham, while Chelsea have conceded the joint-most headed goals with six – something Pochettino will have marked down in his notepad or tablet (we can assume the latter does get some mileage in the wealthy Premier League).

Spurs welcome the Blues to White Hart Lane on Sunday for their third consecutive league London derby and the hosts will be aiming for a repeat of the performance in last season’s corresponding fixture.

Another loss is Dele Alli who will miss the clash with the Blues through suspension after receiving four yellow cards in the top flight.

When then asked if the atmosphere in the Spurs dressing room is good, Kane replied: “It is, going undefeated like we have done since the first game of the season in the Premier League”. “They have time to recover points in the table”.

They had some early struggles, but Tottenham have only lost a single match in the 2015-2016 EPL campaign and are on a run of 12 unbeaten.

Mason believes that Pochettino’s willingness to give young players opportunities in the first team will give Tottenham the chance to compete with clubs outspending them in the transfer market. “He is not a close friend but I have a very good relationship with him”. “They have good conditions and no pressure to do magnificent work”.

“We need points the same way we needed them last season”.

Mourinho, who has often been involved in dugout spats with opposing managers, with his bust-up with Arsene Wenger the most notable one, further added that the fourth official will enjoy a relative calm day at White Hart Lane, owing to his good feelings for the Argentine.

Tottenham arrived back in England from a gruelling Europa League trip to Azerbaijan to face Qarabag at 4.30am yesterday morning, ahead of tomorrow lunchtime’s kick-off against Chelsea.

Dier insists Spurs can cope with the fixture list and believes the club’s state-of-the-art training base will be vital to their preparations.

Arsenal will be looking to get back to winning ways in the Premier League at Norwich City after their impressive Champions League win mid-week.

There were signs of that even against a side as poor as Maccabi, with Chelsea’s defence often exposed at 1-0, and the forward line still not linking, even in a 4-0 win. Having said that, a team that has players such as Diego Cost, Eden Hazard, Willian and Cesc Fabregas should be able to win any match against any opposition. “We’ll be ready for Chelsea”.

“If this country in that moment decided it was not a problem for Chelsea, why is it a problem now for Tottenham?”.