Five reasons why Tottenham can win the finally win the Premier League after their immense performance against Manchester City

TOTTENHAM showed their title challenging credentials by beating Manchester City at the weekend.

An Alexsandar Kolorov own goal and Dele Alli strike was enough to inflict a first defeat for Pep Guardiola.

But can Mauricio Pochettino's men finally go all the way and lift the Premier League trophy?
SunSport's MARTIN LIPTON gives you five reasons why the can.

Solid as a rock

SEVEN games, three goals conceded, none of them in open play.

Whatever happened to "soft Spurs"?
Toby Alderweireld has been the best defender in the Prem for two seasons and he has changed Tottenham's outlook.

Maurico Pochettino has a settled back division, a top keeper and a side that knows how to keep clean sheets.

They say that you build from the bottom and that's exactly what Poch has done.

System-addicts

POCH'S set-up with the centre-backs splitting wide in possession, with the holding midfielder dropping into a three, allows the full-backs to bomb on.

That gives extra zest to their attacking approach while the frenzied press at the other end - actually intensified when Spurs play Son Heung-Min plays as the "false nine" - puts opponents off their game from the start, forcing them to play long or risk being caught out close to their own goal.