'Champions League football is in your grasp' - your 20-word team talkspublished at 12:30
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We've been asking you to channel your inner Antonio Conte and deliver a 20-word team talk to inspire Tottenham before the final day of the season.
Here are some of your suggestions:
Elliott: Lads, you’re one step away from being where you deserve to be, the Champions League. Dare and do this Sunday!
Christopher: Go out there and work as a team. Let's get it done. Be strong. Help Son get the golden boot.
Bryan: Champions League football is in your grasp - underestimate Norwich and Arsenal will snatch that from us.
Dave: Do it for the fans, do it for yourselves, have no regrets, go out there and win.
Brendan: Don't be wary, Norwich aren't scary, they're named after a canary because they threaten goals rarely. Golden boot please Sonny!
And a couple that might've snuck marginally over the 20-word target...
Peter: Gentlemen, this is your day. Remember the great Tottenham sides, first club to win the impossible double, first to win a major European trophy. You are the beating heart of the beautiful game. Now is your chance to own this day and achieve what everyone thought was lost. We are Tottenham.
David: Lads we have all worked hard to get to this position, and are privileged to be here knowing what the final prize is! You shouldn't need much motivation for this game! So let's be confident and enjoy the game.
Transfer news: McGinn on Spurs' summer target listpublished at 07:29
Norwich v Tottenham: Head-to-head recordpublished at 15:06 18 May
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Norwich have won just one of their past nine league games against Tottenham (D3 L5) - 1-0 at home in February 2014. The Canaries have conceded at least twice in their past five matches against Spurs (D1 L4).
This will be the sixth time Spurs have faced a side already relegated from the Premier League on the final day of the season, though they’ve lost more of those games (three) than they’ve won (two).
Norwich have won their final league game in only two of their nine Premier League campaigns (D3 L4), beating Aston Villa in 2011-12 and Manchester City in 2012-13.
Tottenham have lost their final league game just once in the past 11 campaigns (W8 D2) - but that was 5-1 at already-relegated Newcastle in 2015-16.
The bottom side have won their final Premier League match in just two of the past 16 seasons (D3 L11).
What's your 20-word team talk for the final day?published at 12:29 18 May
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It's all in your hands.
Win at Norwich and Spurs are back in the Champions League after a three-year absence.
What could possibly go wrong?
If you were Antonio Conte, what would you say to your players in the dressing room?
Transfer news: Spurs monitoring Leipzig's Gvardiolpublished at 07:53 18 May
07:53 18 May
Tottenham manager Antonio Conte could turn to RB Leipzig's 20-year-old Croatia defender Josko Gvardiol as he looks to prioritise a centre-back this summer. (Express), external
I was hoping that the north London derby result would have an impact on both clubs as we entered into the last two games of the season - and so far it seems to be that way.
The win spurred Tottenham on to victory against Burnley - a game that was always going to feel like an event after the Lord Mayor's show, given the atmosphere and performance on Thursday.
Burnley were always going to play it safe, but Kane did what Kane does best, blasting the ball past a motionless Nick Pope to secure three crucial points.
And so over to Arsenal, now two points behind before their trip up to Newcastle.
Historically, that fixture favoured the team in red. However, the Magpies won convincingly to do us a huge favour.
Now fourth spot is all in our hands. Now we will truly see if Spurs have turned a corner under Conte.
Transfer news: Ndombele likely to return to Spurspublished at 07:12 17 May
07:12 17 May
Lyon are not expected to sign Tottenham and France midfielder Tanguy Ndombele on a permanent deal, with the 25-year-old likely to return to north London after his loan spell with the French club. (Football Insider), external
Dier and Kane picked out by Garthpublished at 18:22 16 May
18:22 16 May
Eric Dier and Harry Kane make it into Garth Crooks' team of the week after their performances in the north London derby and Burnley victories.
Dier: Ever since the arrival of Antonio Conte, Dier has been ever present in the Tottenham line-up.
I can't say he's my favourite defender, but his performance against Arsenal in the north London derby remained professional when some around him were starting to lose their heads.
It would appear that Conte has built his defence around Dier in a three-man line that seems to be working for Spurs at the moment.
Kane: Two superbly taken goals against Arsenal in the north London derby are not to be sniffed at.
Neither was the penalty scored against a superb Nick Pope in the Burnley goal to clinch the game and give Spurs a top-four spot.
Whether Tottenham can retain that position rather depends on their neighbours, who were badly wounded by Kane and then totally destroyed by Son Heung-min.
Kane has given Spurs a great chance of playing Champions League football next season.
Spurs 'have Conte to thank' for vital victorypublished at 11:45 16 May
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Tottenham should be thanking Antonio Conte for providing the energy to help them eke out a narrow win over Burnley on Sunday, according to former Premier League midfielder.
Spurs needed a Harry Kane penalty in first-half stoppage time to see off their struggling visitors and, after a raucous atmosphere at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium three days previously against Arsenal, there were plenty of nerves among home fans.
"Spurs got the job done and they should give Conte all the plaudits," Reo-Coker told BBC Radio 5 Live's Football Daily podcast.
"But I find it hard to understand - how could the fans not get behind the team knowing what's at stake?
"It took the manager being on the touchline trying to energise the fans. I'm worried about that."
Spurs fan and presenter Ben Haines disagreed, arguing that the very fact Tottenham had won the north London derby only 60 hours earlier contributed to a flatter feeling in the ground.
"Spurs against Arsenal was one of the most electric atmospheres I've ever experienced," he said. "The noise was unbelievable.
"It's so tough when you have an emotionally-charged game like that and then you're back in three days less playing at midday."
Tottenham 1-0 Burnley: Pick of the statspublished at 08:37 16 May
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Tottenham have won 13 Premier League games at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium this season; only in 2009-10 (14) and 2016-17 (17) have they won more home games in a single campaign in the competition.
Burnley have lost nine of their past 10 away league games at Spurs (D1), including seven of eight in the Premier League. It’s their most away defeats against a single opponent in the competition.
Antonio Conte's side have now gone 10 consecutive Premier League games without conceding more than once in a match, their longest such run since March-August 2017 (run of 12).
This was Burnley’s first Premier League match to feature neither Ben Mee nor James Tarkowski since September 2020 against Southampton, ending a run of 71 consecutive league matches in which at least one of the pair had played for the club. Indeed, before today, one or both of Mee and Tarkowski had played 248 of the Clarets’ last 250 Premier League games.
They got it despite four of their players suffering from a stomach bug - goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, who played the 90 minutes, plus his deputy Pierluigi Gollini, winger Dejan Kulusevski and midfielder Harry Winks, who were all on the bench.
Tottenham's bid to finish fourth is still not in their own hands but they have put the pressure on the Gunners now, with only seven days of the season to go.
The Burnley bench understandably reacted angrily when Tottenham were belatedly awarded the penalty that undid all of the Clarets' good work in the first half.
Michael Jackson's side had arrived with a game plan to defend in numbers and pack their own box and, after surviving that frantic start, it had seemed to be working.
After taking 10 points from his first four games in charge, caretaker boss Jackson has now lost two matches on the bounce.
His side still have a game in hand over Leeds, their closest relegation rivals, as well as a vastly superior goal difference - but they go into the final week of the season with their fate still uncertain.
Burnley make three changes from the side that lost to Aston Villa last weekend.
James Tarkowski has not recovered from the hamstring problem that he suffered in that game, so Kevin Long comes in at centre-back, for only his second start of the season.
Ashley Barnes will operate as a lone striker, so Maxwel Cornet and Matthew Lowton replace Wout Weghorst and Aaron Lennon, who are both on the bench.