Saturday, 8 October 2016

Tottenham must now pass low-key tests to prove Premier League title credentials

Victory over Manchester City showed Spurs can beat the best, but with Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester United all breathing down their necks, they must improve their record against less fancied sides

Seven games into the Premier League season and there are only four noughts left in the overall table. Two of them are in the wins column next to the bottom clubs Stoke and Sunderland, who happen to be playing each other on Saturday in what both must regard as a chance to get their campaigns properly started. Up at the sunny end the nought relating to Manchester City defeats has disappeared, though Pep Guardiola’s side can still claim to be the only one in the division yet to be held to a draw, while perhaps the most significant zero is the one indicating Tottenham remain unbeaten.

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