Mauricio Pochettino urges Spurs to push for Premier League summit after unbeaten start

Mauricio Pochettino is keen for his Tottenham Hotspur players to rise to the occasion and move to the top of the Premier League table on Saturday.

That may only be for a few hours but Spurs know that victory at Bournemouth in a lunchtime kick-off will be enough to lift them above current leaders Manchester City, who play on Sunday, and Arsenal, who are in action later on Saturday.

Spurs were title contenders for almost all of last season but never once reached the summit and eventually had to settle for third place.

Pochettino was eager, therefore, for his side – who are currently the only Premier League team yet to taste domestic defeat this term – to go one better.

“It’s a big motivation for us to finish the game and take the three points to be top of the table. Better motivation is impossible,” he said.