Mauricio Pochettino confident ahead of Spurs' trip to Manchester City

Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino insists his players will go into Sunday's match against Manchester City with no fear.

Pochettino believes Spurs can take belief ahead of the trip to Manchester after their resounding 4-1 victory over City in September.

Tottenham showed their mettle in the game as they recovered from going a goal behind to storm back with strikes from Eric Dier, Toby Alderweireld, Harry Kane and Erik Lamela.

While Pochettino concedes that win was a turning point in Tottenham's campaign, he is trying to put emphasis on the next match.

"It was a very important game for us and very important victory. It gave more belief to us, and trust in ourselves and our quality," Pochettino said.

"This is how the squad feel today. They are only focussed on the next game and it's important because you don't expend energy thinking about a long time in the future."

Pochettino is delighted with the progress of his side, who go into this weekend's fixtures in second place and five points adrift of leaders Leicester.

But the former Southampton boss insists Spurs will have to be at the top of their game to take anything from the match against City, even though Pochettino does not consider the outcome as pivotal in the race for the title.

"Maybe, this is the most enjoyable time I have had as a manager, if I am honest. My philosophy is that I try to be better every day. It's not always possible, but we try," Pochettino said.

"We try this week to work very hard and be focussed because I think the process - how we build from the back and play in the opposition half we are happy with - but we need to be more clinical when we create a lot of chance. Sometimes we have luck, sometimes not. But we have to work hard to improve.

"For me every game is important because to arrive in the end, to improve our position, you need to win games. But it is not a decisive game. There are 12 left and it's the most important in the league."