Mauricio Pochettino: Tottenham are ‘nearly perfect’

Spurs 2 Manchester City 0

One could, in fact, say that his summing up was perfect, as his Spurs side made a mockery of a Manchester City team who had won their opening six Premier League games on the spin.

Despite the absence of their first-choice striker Harry Kane and even after a midweek trip to Russia in the Champions League, Spurs produced the kind of display which will make the country’s other title hopefuls take notice.