How can Spurs improve?

Tottenham’s surrendering of a two-goal lead at Chelsea on Monday Night Football saw Leicester City crowned Premier League champions with two games to spare. It’s been a fine season for Spurs but the opportunity for improvement is there, writes Adam Bate.

In the end it was something of an implosion. Two up at half-time, Tottenham conceded twice after the break and became embroiled in an increasingly ill-tempered battle with a Chelsea side apparently anxious to deny them the title. In the process, they lost their focus.

Mauricio Pochettino’s men picked up more bookings in that second half than they had shots. And yet, there will be little appetite among Spurs supporters to chastise this young team. Not after the season they’ve had. And not with so much still to look forward to.

Indeed, the inexperience shown by the players as the team’s title hopes slipped away actually hints at how much scope for improvement remains in this group. That’s something to be excited about, although it does come with a caveat.

Certainly, it would be easy to understand why Tottenham’s more nervy supporters might be apprehensive. If this was Arsenal’s best chance to win the title then what of Spurs? They were two points behind Leicester in March but the chase is over with two games to spare.

The lesson of Liverpool’s near miss in 2013/14 is that even exciting young sides must seize the moment when it arrives – particularly when the likes of Chelsea and Manchester City can expect to mount significantly stronger challenges next term.

With Pochettino …

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