Well known fact is that "games won in advance" are the toughest to win in reality. Those "games won in advance" or "already won" games are those where all see you as winner and the most of the people just think about how many goals you will score to opposition. If you don't believe ask Arsenal or Chelsea for meaning. :) What to say when you need to play such match against club which is in hard fight for avoiding relegation, with hard schedule until end of season and against club who did not score a goal for ages ? When I add that your main striker is injured and that in 7 days you play semi-final of Champions League against Ajax you have entire picture. Spurs are today in such position.

Situation on the table became little better for Spurs as Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea all failed to capitalize from Spurs defeat against Manchester City. By some miracle Tottenham is still on 3rd position when it must stay for following reason. Chelsea or Arsenal could win Europa League, other of them who did not win could be 3rd and then 4th place for Spurs could not mean anything because winner or Europe League and 3rd in Premier League will go to Champions League. What will mean absence from Champions League for club who reach semi-final this season is needless to say. All big players from Tottenham are under radar of the richest clubs and only chance to keep players like H.Kane, Son, Eriksen, Delle Ali, Vertongen, Alderwerield, LLoris is to qualify for Champions League next season. If Spurs fail to do so they will probably find themselves other club for next season. That would be great failure for Tottenham.

Approaching game against Ajax will need resting of some players which will increase difficulty of this already difficult game. Rumors say that Alderweireld will be left on bench and that his place will take Sanchez who is not so good as he is. In deadly combination of him with Trippier and Rose and in possible absence of Ugo Lloris it is going to be hard to keep clean sheet of new Spurs stadium. Sissoko is out for 2 weeks, Winks is flapping between ready for play and not ready to play states between days. Probably Dier will take defensive midfield position. Eriksen and Delle Ali must play as Lamela is also out and Poch wll probably move Son away from goal and let Lucas and Llorente in attack.

Brighton will be well motivated for this game and Poch has difficult task to remove Ajax from players heads and to find winning eleven for tonight. Spurs have no more points to waste in Premier League this season.

What do you think can Spurs make job done tonight ?