London — Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino believes his side showed the spirit required to win the Premier League title after they ended leaders Chelsea’s 13-game winning run. Chelsea were seeking to become the first team to win 14 successive English top-flight games in the same season, but Dele Alli’s headed double condemned them to a 2-0 defeat on Wednesday. Spurs climbed to third place in the table and although they trail Chelsea by seven points, Pochettino believes they are no longer the callow team who lost out to Leicester City in last season’s title race. "I think it was a little bit tough last season to explain why in the end we don’t win the title or lift a trophy," he said at White Hart Lane. "In different games I think we missed being more competitive like it was today. For me, what it means to be competitive is like today. Work hard, but compete in this type of game. "You need to play, to suffer, to fight. Sometimes you need to give possession to them because...
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