Pochettino warns players ahead of Newcastle game

Tottenham will take on Newcastle at Wembley in the early kick-off on Saturday and a win for the Lillywhites will take them ahead of Manchester City to second and put them just four points off league leaders Liverpool.

While Man City welcome Arsenal to the Etihad this weekend, Liverpool travel to West Ham on Monday. A win for Spurs against Newcastle could thus put pressure on the front two.

Speaking ahead of the game, Pochettino insisted Spurs have to be at their best to get three points on Saturday.

Newcastle will come into the game high on confidence after coming from behind to beat the reigning champions Man City in midweek. Pochettino said that Spurs will have to be competitive to make sure the Magpies don’t cause another upset, pa...