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		</div><p>Mauricio Pochettino has played down Tottenham&#8217;s chances of catching leaders Chelsea and insisted the Blues have too much experience to be affected by pressure.</p>
<p>Spurs&#8217; 2-0 victory at Burnley on Saturday was made all the sweeter as the Premier League pacesetters suffered a shock defeat at home to struggling Crystal Palace.</p>
<p>It means Chelsea&#8217;s advantage at the top has been cut to seven points and the gap could be reduced even further given they host Manchester City on Wednesday.</p>
<p>Tottenham travel to Swansea the same evening and might even sit one point behind Antonio Conte&#8217;s men come Saturday, when they face Watford in the early kick-off ahead of Chelsea&#8217;s trip to Manchester United on Sunday.<br />
Pochettino, however, refused to get carried away.</p>
<p><i>&#8220;We reduced the gap by three points but it&#8217;s still a big gap, seven is a massive difference,&#8221;</i> Pochettino said.</p>
<p><i>&#8220;Chelsea, two and a half years ago they won the Premier League and 80% of the players have experience of how to manage the pressure.</p>
<p>&#8220;They can win or lose but it&#8217;s not putting pressure or stress on them.&#8221;</i></p>
<p>Chelsea&#8217;s players may have more experience but Spurs do have the momentum, having won five games on the bounce and scored 17 goals in that period.</p>
<p><i>&#8220;In football all can happen,&#8221;</i> Pochettino said.</p>
<p><i>&#8220;That&#8217;s a good reason for all &#8211; belief is the most important thing in football &#8211; not only quality, running or being strong. Belief, faith and fight. Nothing is impossible in football and that is our idea, our philosophy.</p>
<p>&#8220;We need to keep going in that direction and it&#8217;s true the Premier League is tough to play in, and to win every game and compete. It&#8217;s so competitive.</p>
<p>&#8220;But if it can happen? Yes, of course, it can happen and our mind must be positive to try to imagine and dream and believe and give our best.&#8221;</i></p>
<p>Even if Chelsea prove unassailable, Tottenham are in a commanding position in the chase for Champions League qualification, nine points ahead of fifth-placed Manchester United, albeit having played one game more.</p>
<p>Spurs have never managed successive seasons in the Champions League and Pochettino says that remains the primary target.</p>
<p><i>&#8220;After 29 games we are a real contender now for the top four and that&#8217;s very good news for us,&#8221;</i> Pochettino said.</p>
<p>&#8220;When we started the season, if you compared us with other top-six teams or teams that are below us, their investment and signings, massive investment and massive signings, but we keep our philosophy.</p>
<p>&#8220;I think today if we assess the season, it&#8217;s fantastic and a very good season we&#8217;re having.&#8221;</i></p>
<p>Pochettino could be short in midfield against Swansea given Harry Winks and Victor Wanyama both had to come off against Burnley with ankle and back injuries respectively.</p>
<p>Wanyama has an outside chance to recover in time for the trip to the Liberty Stadium but Pochettino fears Winks may not be available again this season.</p>
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