We learnt in the Premier League

Blues stars Didier Drogba and Diego Costa.

NOT SO SPURSY ANYMORE

Tottenham’s propensity to fold under pressure in years gone by led to the term “Spursy”. “Tottenham, for 30 years of our lives, were spineless and soft, flaky, rubbish,” said former England coach Gary Neville recently to underline the difference made by current Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino. Despite a mounting injury list, no summer signings and confusion over when Spurs will move into their new stadium, Pochettino again has Tottenham in the top four. That is thanks to five straight away wins, all of which have been ground out rather than sealed with spectacular football.

ARSENAL GO SLOW

Arsenal came from a goal down to draw 1-1 at home to Wolves but the fact they were behind again was not lost on Gunners boss Unai Emery. The North London side conceded the first goal for the fourth succesive League game and Emery, who saw substitute Henrikh Mkhitaryan rescue Leicester City manager Claude Puel must help his team find a new normality after players and fans paid tribute to late owner Vichai in their first home match since he was killed in a helicopter crash. Puel praised his players for their professional attitude but said raw emotion would not be enough to propel the club forward. “We need to have his (Vichai’s) dream in our heads but also professional attitudes, every day hard work in the training sessions all the time and to give our best,” he said.