Tottenham toughest five Premier League fixtures left compared to Aston Villa and Man United

Tottenham secured a huge boost to their Champions League qualification hopes after dominating Aston Villa on Sunday afternoon. James Maddison, Brennan Johnson, Son Heung-min and Timo Werner were all on the score sheet for the visitors at Villa Park with three points seeing Spurs move much closer to Villa in the Premier League table.

After the victory, Ange Postecoglou was particularly pleased by the performance of his players, noting what he spotted that also helped his team pick up a victory. «I was really pleased with the way we handled the whole day,» he said in a press conference.

«Obviously we knew it was a significant game coming here, tough venue, good opponent. I just thought, obviously the atmosphere here, they get behind their team. I thought with all that, the context of all that, first half we did really well, just to make them work hard more than anything else, they had to try to contain us, and the threats they had we snuffed out.

»I had a sense towards the back end of the first half that they were beginning to really tire a little bit. That was the message at half-time, just to persevere, stay calm, play our football, maintain the intensity, which is going to be important. And we did. We got off to a flyer, the quality of our football was excellent, to see out the game."

With 11 games left to play, Spurs' Champions League destiny is in their own hands despite Villa currently sitting in fourth spot. That is because the away game against Chelsea still needs to be rearranged and three points there would take Spurs above Unai Emery's side.

Manchester United, following their win over Everton, are also in the race but do find themselves six points behind Spurs and a further eight away from Villa. Over the coming