Spurs v Swansea: Three reasons the Swans can win

I’m sure everything that Pochettino said about Sissoko earlier in the week was truthful and accurate. but also harsh and a little tactless, especially when relayed in the media and not through anonymous sources, which is how rumors of this nature tend to get disseminated.

Pochettino has, inadvertently or not, kept the spotlight on the issue in the past fortnight. “That certainly changes the game because then we were behind and you have to take more chances and try to step a little higher at times”.

Pochettino said the striker had been working on consistency and fitness in the past week, following Spurs’ 2-1 defeat to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge last Saturday.

There were signs during the first half against Chelsea that they were recovering some of their spark and it continued on Saturday as they enjoyed a five-goal winning margin at home in the league for the first time in almost five years.

“They have a young squad, a great manager and a new stadium on the way”.

Heung-Min Son rates his scissor kick against Swansea as the best goal of his career – and the Tottenham midfielder says he is now feeling fresher than in previous months, when his efforts were being undermined by niggly injuries and tiredness.

Now they were also missing Toby Alderweireld for the first time. Although the match against CSKA Moscow next Wednesday, “the Spurs’ core strength is clearly thrown on the domestic championship”.

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But Alli produced a superb performance in today’s victory and had a hand in four goals as Spurs swept Bob Bradley’s men aside, prompting praise from Pochettino.

Bob Bradley has admitted his Swansea side need to accept the fact they were “not good enough” as they were completely dismantled in a 5-0 loss to Spurs. On that day Swansea took the lead through Alberto Paloschi before Nacer Chadli and Danny Rose scored in the second half to turn the game on its head for the hosts, who will be looking to seal a similar kind of result this time around.

The 27-year-old had struggled for a regular starting place during two stop-start seasons in north London but he quickly rediscovered his rhythm at Swansea, with seven goals and 10 assists in 2014-15 and then 11 goals and four assists last term.

Dier reinvented himself brilliantly last season when he switched from a defender to holding midfield, but his move back into the rearguard has been less successful.

Vertonghen has been in negotiations since the end of last season and his new deal extends his commitment to Spurs by a year.