Spurs won’t slack off against Manchester City. It’s just not in a footballer’s nature

It may pain fans to help Arsenal, but my experience with Liverpool in 1995 tells me the players’ instincts will prevail.

SHOOT TO WIN: Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou reacts on the touchline.

We’d heard it the whole week, just non-stop reminders. You went to the garage to fill up your car, to the shop for a newspaper, to the supermarket and someone would say: “We don’t want Man United to win the league. We’re Blackburn fans this weekend.” 

And there were no smiles when they said it, either.