Too early to speak about title: Tottenham coach Pochettino

Spurs needed a controversial 53rd minute spot kick to take the lead at City after Raheem Sterling was harshly ruled to have handled a cross from Danny Rose with his back to the ball.

Yaya Toure nearly equalised for the home side when he hit the bar with a 57th minute free kick, but they were soon level when Kelechi Iheanacho swept a cross from Gael Clichy into the roof of Spurs net. They showed big support from the beginning of the season and I say thank you to them. “It is very important to start working again and believe all things can happen”.

Tottenham manager happy to let supporters “believe” after downing City 2-1 at Etihad.

With City dropping six points from their previous two matches, the club now find themselves fourth on the table as they are now six behind the Foxes.

“This strengthens our belief that we are in the fight”, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said.

In the other match, last-place Aston Villa slipped to its heaviest home defeat in 81 years, losing 6-0 to Liverpool.

“The mentality was good and a ideal performance against a team with a lot of quality players who are top class. Full credit to my players”. “Like always you need to try and improve every day and we are now in a position, but it is too early to talk about titles”.

“We needed to get the three points”, said Pellegrini.

Manuel Pellegrini will not face any FA action for heavily criticising Mark Clattenburg after Manchester City’s defeat by Tottenham.

Harry Kane (right) celebrates after opening the scoring from the penalty spot, after 53 minutes, for Tottenham against Manchester City yesterday.

“It was the key moment that decided the game, before that they did not shoot towards our goal and did not have any chances”.

“So physically I feel good – although I’ve got to be honest, the last five minutes I was blowing a little bit”.

“They were brilliant. I said before the game that they were the best team I’ve seen this season”.

Tottenham Hotspur defender Toby Alderweireld insists club are not in Premier League title dream-land but has warned their rivals within the top four that they can beat anybody.