Tottenham will be looking to improve on last season’s Champions League showing
#4 Finish strong, start stronger
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Harry Kane ended 2016-17 on fire and will look to hit the ground running in 2017-18
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While 2015-16 saw Tottenham finish in a club-best third place in the Premier League, for a great amount of the season it looked like they’d actually finish second. A late season collapse, however, saw them go winless in their last four games, including an embarrassing 5-1 loss to relegated Newcastle.
The general malaise seemed to stay with Spurs going into 2016-17, as they started the season relatively slowly – two draws in their first three games – and hit a really sticky patch in the Autumn, drawing four league games in a row and really struggling in Europe, losing to Monaco and drawing and losing to Leverkusen across October and November.
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2016-17’s ending couldn’t have been much different. Despite Chelsea sewing up the league title following a Spurs loss to West Ham on May 5th, Pochettino’s men still finished the season remarkably strongly – beating Manchester United comprehensively and then putting six past Leicester and seven past Hull in the final two games.
Tottenham didn’t end the season with a whimper, they ended it with a bang. And if they can keep that form up going into 2017-18, then their Champions League opponents will be in trouble.
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Scott Newman
Scott is a veteran MMA writer with over two decades of experience, including his ongoing tenure in Sportskeeda, which began seven years ago. He has written over 3000 pieces for the organization, while also covering football. Before joining Sportskeeda, Scott wrote articles for websites like The Oratory and Inside Pulse MMA.
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