Toby Alderweireld urges Tottenham to put pressure on Leicester
Friday 15 April 2016 15:07, UK
Toby Alderweireld vows Tottenham will push Leicester to the wire as the race for the Premier League title nears it climax.
Spurs are seven points behind the leaders with five games to play and centre-back Alderweireld accepts the Foxes are in "pole position" for the title.
But he is confident he and his team-mates can put pressure on Leicester, who have transformed themselves from relegation strugglers to Champions League qualifiers in the space of a season.
"Leicester are doing very well and I think our season is going very well too, we've got a young and talented group," he told Sky Sports News HQ.
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"Perhaps it's hard to get a good result every week but we're second in the league and that's fantastic because the Premier League is a very difficult league.
"It is very difficult to be consistent every week and we have been so we're in the top two but we're not satisfied with that, we want to be at the top.
"We need to put pressure on Leicester; we have big games coming up and we have to be very good as a team."
Tottenham have only been in the Champions League once before - during the 2010/11 campaign - and currently enjoy a 12-point cushion to Manchester United in fifth, so qualification for next season's tournament is almost assured.
It is very difficult to be consistent every week and we have been so we're in the top two but we're not satisfied with that, we want to be at the top.
While Alderweireld knows that will be an outstanding outcome to Spurs' season, he is not prepared to give up on the Premier League title just yet.
"As a team we've shown a lot of mental strength," he said. "Every game is a big game and we want to achieve a Champions League spot.
"It's a long time since Spurs have been in the Champions League so we've got to focus on doing that and if we can catch Leicester then we will be very happy.
"We've just got to focus on our own game, we can't control Leicester and we can't control the other teams, only ourselves.
"There is pressure in every Premier League game and we have to get the three points regardless of what Leicester do."
