Danny Mills says Tottenham will be under closer scrutiny after their excellent start to the season.
Tottenham’s Danny Rose celebrates after Manchester City’s Aleksandar Kolarov scores an own goal and the first for Tottenham
Tottenham Hotspur have had an impressive start to the season, currently being the only unbeaten Premier League side.
The North London side are second in the table, and beat league leaders Manchester City in their last game.
Former Premier League defender Danny Mills has warned them that their current spotlight could lead to pitfalls, noting how they buckled under pressure late in the 2015/16 campaign.
Speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live’s Monday Night Football Club, Mills said: “No one was talking about Spurs last season, they went under the radar.
“People are talking about them little bit earlier this season, may be they will come under more scrutiny.”
Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino
While the way they faded late last season will remain a concern, even heading into the final stages of this campaign, Tottenham will be increasingly motivated to show they have learned from it.
In the summer they have added several new players, while top scorer Harry Kane is having a rare rest after picking up an ankle injury, from which he could recover from later this month.
The style in which Spurs played against City suggested they believed in themselves as title challengers, with a real determination to show they were better than Pep Guardiola’s side.
Mills is worried the wheels could potentially come off before the season reaches it’s title climax due to the increased recognition of them as title contenders, but the opposite effect of this is the added talk and hype could see Tottenham’s players start to believe in themselves even more, and become less likely to fold.
Tottenham’s Dele Alli in action with Middlesbrough’s Calum Chambers as Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino looks on
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