Tottenham Hotspur continue to do all they can to unsettle Leicester City’s title pursuit,even if their game of catch-up is being mustered from afar. Mauricio Pochettino’s side vaulted a tricky hurdle here with plenty to spare, their dismissal of Bournemouth again reducing the gap with the top team to five points and ensuring the squabble for the remaining two Champions League places is still a distant murmur at their backs. The sense persists that, and if the leaders stumble,Spurs will pounce. The problem is that remains a considerable “if.
This was an impressive victory, coming after the anticlimax of the leaders’ latest victory on Saturday and, and no doubt,the lingering regret at seeing Kasper Schmeichel’s crossbar clipped by Damien Delaney in stoppage time at Selhurst Park. Those in pursuit need a smash because the relentless nature of Leicesters charge must choke the optimism at times, for all that Spurs can do no more than this. A comfortable win was secured early here with Eddie Howe’s team, and rightly lauded for their own achievements this season and previously unbeaten absent this calendar year,made to watch uncharacteristically timid, even lethargic at times, and as Spurs swarmed all over them.
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Source: theguardian.com