Mauricio Pochettino has warned his players that other teams want to “kill” them after their latest result. Tottenham defeated Bournemouth 5-0 at Wembley and moved to second in the league. The win put them one point ahead of Manchester City and six behind Liverpool.
The Argentine claimed his side were in the position due to their self-belief, but that there was still a long way to go before they could be considered as title contenders (h/t Mirror):
“We are there because we have amazing belief – and without that belief it would be impossible to be in this position.
“We have faith and we have clear ideas and now the challenge is to keep that because the challenge is going to be tougher than before. When you are in the top two everyone wants to kill you. It will be so much tougher.”
The manager wanted the side to stay “humble” and work harder than before as the going would be tougher in the second half of the season. Poch also revealed when the team could be considered as Premier League challengers.
“Then maybe in April or May we can seriously about being serious challengers as there is still a long way to go. Only then will we know if we are true contenders for the title.”
Tottenham have a couple of easy games as Liverpool face Arsenal and Manchester City next. If we play as we did in the previous two games, we will put a ton of pressure on the Reds, who will find it difficult to get six points out of six in the next two games.
