Updates from the 12.30pm BST kick-off at Turf MoorPochettino urges Spurs to turn screw in title raceAnd you can email Scott your thoughts 11.40am GMT Burnley name the same side that dispatched Brighton with ease a fortnight ago. Peter Crouch still kicking his heels on the bench, there, but what can you do when Chris Wood and Ashley Barnes played so well in that 3-1 win at the Amex?The big news for Spurs, meanwhile, is: he’s back! Harry Kane returns after his injury lay-off. He’s one of two changes to the XI that steamrollered Borussia Dortmund in the second half of a sensational Champions League performance at Wembley the other week. He replaces Lucas Moura, while Danny Rose comes in for Davison Sanchez. 11.33am GMT Burnley: Heaton, Bardsley, Tarkowski, Mee, Taylor, Hendrick, Westwood, Cork, McNeil, Barnes, Wood.Subs: Lowton, Gudmundsson, Brady, Gibson, Crouch, Hart, Vydra.Tottenham Hotspur: Lloris, Foyth, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Aurier, Sissoko, Winks, Rose, Eriksen, Kane, Son.Subs: Lamela, Wanyama, Walker-Peters, Llorente, Gazzaniga, Lucas Moura, Davies. 10.30am GMT “This is like a final for us.” Mauricio Pochettino there, hoping his Tottenham Hotspur side claim all three points at Burnley this lunchtime, in the hope of piling pressure on Manchester City and Liverpool at the top of the table.He’ll be hoping this pans out like one final in particular. The 1962 FA Cup final, to be precise. Tottenham beat Burnley in that one 3-1, Jimmy Greaves scoring early, Bobby Smith and Danny Blanchflower sealing the deal after Jimmy Robson had equalised in the second half for the Clarets. Burnley could have won the Double that season, but capitulated during the title run-in to gift the league to Alf Ramsey’s Ipswich Town. Different times. But we digress. Continue readingreadfullarticle
