Tottenham v Swansea preview: Mauricio Pochettino refusing to prioritise Premier League

Knee and ankle problems, however, have restricted his contribution to Tottenham’s surprise title push and he has been forced to watch the likes of Eric Dier, Dele Alli and Mousa Dembele flourish in his absence.

Tottenham have defied all odds this season as they now sit in second place with the league’s best defence and best goal difference, and at the very least, look on course to qualify for next year’s Champions League.

Tottenham advanced to the last 16 of the Europa League after a comfortable 3-0 second-leg win over Fiorentina at White Hart Lane.

Mason recently returned from an ankle injury, and made his first start since November in Thursday’s 3-0 Europa League win against Fiorentina.

Mason enjoyed a superb breakthrough campaign under Mauricio Pochettino past year, establishing himself at the heart of Spurs’ midfield and earning an England debut against Italy just less than 12 months ago. The midfielder came off at half-time against Palace with a groin injury and is now set to be out for between 10 days and two weeks.

But there have still been the post-Europe hangover for the title-hopefuls on some occasion, the surprise home defeat to Swansea’s survival rivals Newcastle in December one of only three league losses this term.

Spurs suffered a blow in the closing stages when Alli was booked for simulation, meaning that he will miss the first leg of the last-16 tie, but moments later further gloss was put on the scoreline.

“We feel very disappointed after the game because it’s never a good thing to lose, but we play a lot of games and sometimes it happens that you deserve to win but you don’t score”. Valencia, Borussia Dortmund and Sevilla are also potential opponents. We have ahead three important games in the Premier League, and then we will think about the next round of the Europa League. – Spurs have fired in more shots on target than any other team in the Premier League this season (170).

“We know it’s two really hard games but it’s important we compete, we can’t give up in any of the games”, said Curtis. Liverpool have had a best of times, worst of times kind of season in the Premier League, and even since Jurgen Klopp took over, the Reds still haven’t found their sweet spot.