Mauricio Pochettino refuses to get carried away with Tottenham title talk

Watford 1 Tottenham 2: If Tottenham have ambitions to do more than simply finish in the top four, they will need more performances like this, where they showed character and resilience to grind out a somewhat fortuitous victory against a Watford side reduced to 10 men for the final half-hour.

A last-gasp goal from Son Heung Min was enough to give Spurs all three points and move them into third place, ahead of Manchester City on goal difference, but Mauricio Pochettino’s men rode their luck at times, even when Watford went down to 10 after Nathan Ake was sent off in the 64th minute for a high tackle on Erik Lamela.

Referee Anthony Taylor was roundly booed by home supporters but replays showed that the Dutch defender, on loan from Chelsea, deserved to see red for a rash challenge.