Ange Postecoglou claims Tottenham 'not dead yet' in race for top-four Premier League finish after win at Aston Villa

Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou says his team are “not dead yet” in the race for the top four after they beat Aston Villa 4-0 on Sunday in the Premier League.

The two sides are competing for the final presumed UEFA Champions League spot as Arsenal, Manchester City and Liverpool battle it out for the title.

After their huge away win, Spurs are just two points behind Villa with a game in hand.

A loss for Postecoglou’s men would have opened up a eight-point gap which might have been insurmountable with the dwindling amount of games remaining, and the Australian was full of praise for his side in a game of such "significance".

He said to the BBC: "We were outstanding in all facets. First half we made them work really hard. We maintained that tempo with our pressing, and the quality of our football in the second half was outstanding against a very good team.

"It was a big game with plenty of significance so for us to perform like that was a big credit to everyone.

"I felt towards the end of the first half they were working awfully hard to try and press us. That was the message at half-time that just perseverance would get us there today.

"We went on, we didn't stop playing our football. Great focus.

"I thought today, if we could impose our intensity and tempo on the game for 100 minutes we'd be hard to stop.

"It's not easy, especially away from home, but I thought we handled ourselves really well.”

He concluded: "It means we're one game closer, just 11 games to go. Everyone was billing this as a do-or-die for us. I assume we're not dead yet."

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