Poch: Title seemed ours at Stoke

Mauricio Pochettino returns to the Bet365 Stadium on Saturday less than five months after Tottenham’s 4-0 win over Stoke led him to believe they would win the Premier League.

England duo Harry Kane and Dele Alli both scored two goals each as Spurs cruised to an emphatic win on April 18, keeping their championship ambitions alive as they approached the end of the 2015-16 campaign.

Leicester still held a five-point lead with four games to play but Pochettino has now admitted the manner of the victory had convinced him his side would go on to lift the trophy before they suffered an end-of-season collapse, which eventually saw them finish third.

Asked if he thought Spurs were going to win the league after the win at Stoke, Pochettino replied: “Yes.

“After our performance and our victory, it was a fantastic 4-0, we all believed it would be possible to win the league, yes.

“One thing is to believe and another is to deliver and win games, it was difficult and then it was the draw against West Brom at home.

“We played some of the best football in the first 45 minutes, …

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