Tottenham are the only unbeaten side left in the Premier League after 11 games of the 2016/17 season.

Mauricio Pochettino’s men have won five and drawn six so far and, although they would’ve liked to have turned some of those draws into victories, they’ve proven to be a tough side to break down in the first few months of the campaign.

They currently sit fifth in the table, five points adrift of leaders Liverpool, and are the lowest conceders so far this season, having seen just six scored past them.

Nevertheless, Spurs’ form in Europe has left a lot to be desired, having laboured to just four points from four matches, meaning Pochettino’s side are in real danger of going out of the Champions League in the group stages.

It’s also going forward where there are question marks about Tottenham’s title credentials, given that they’ve scored just 15 times in the league so far, half the tally Liverpool have chalked up.

With many speculating on how the Premier League title race will pan out, here are THREE reasons why the trophy won’t be heading to White Hart Lane in May…

Where are the goals coming from without Kane?

It’s been clear from the first 11 games that, without Harry Kane, Tottenham lack that clinical edge in the final third.

The England international won the Golden Boot last year with 25 goals to his name, but Dele Alli netted ten, Christian Eriksen six, and Erik Lamela five to take the burden off of Kane’s shoulders.

In fact, only Manchester City scored more goals than Spurs last season, but the same can’t be said of the early stages of this campaign.

Pochettino’s side have scored just 15 times so far, the least of any team in the top six and, although their defence is as good if not better than last year, it’s this lack of cutting edge that’s costing them points.

Vincent Janssen is still taking time to adapt to English football, but the likes of Eriksen and Lamela haven’t added the goals needed from the attacking midfielders, netting just once between them.

It’s clear that when Kane plays, Spurs look more lethal going forward, but it’s the games where he’s struggling and slightly off form that others need to step up.

At the moment, that’s not happening.

Strength in depth in attacking areas

Janssen moved to White Hart Lane during the summer for £17 million as a way of bolstering Pochettino’s striking options, but it still feels like, apart from Pochettino’s starting eleven, the depth isn’t there in the attacking areas.

First choices Alli, Eriksen, and Lamela are all good players who proved last season that they can both score and create chances, but if one of them gets injured or suspended, are the deputies as good? Probably not.

Of the attacking four positions Pochettino usually plays, he’s got Kane, Alli, Lamela, Son, and Eriksen as his main, and arguably only, options – the rest are unproven, or just not good enough at this time, which made it slightly more surprising that Nacer Chadli was allowed to leave the club in the summer.

Spurs didn’t suffer too many injuries last season in these areas, but it only takes a suspension or injury here and there to blunt their attack.

This lack of depth could cost them the title.

Mental strength

There were times last season where Tottenham had the chance to usurp Leicester and go top of the division.

But they bottled it.

Spurs went to West Ham in January knowing that victory would take them top, but they laboured to a disappointing 1-0 defeat at Upton Park and, although the Hammers played well on the night, Spurs were lacklustre in what many viewed as one of their poorest performances of the campaign.

The weekend after, they hosted North London rivals Arsenal, again with the chance to go to the summit if they won.

And, despite being 2-1 up and playing against ten-men, they couldn’t see the game out, conceding to Alexis Sanchez 14 minutes from time.

Thus, there have to be question marks about Spurs’ mental strength going into important games like these two above. Arguably, we’ve seen it in Europe this season, where Spurs haven’t played with the same drive and authority as they did in the Premier League last season.

When the pressure is on, are they up to it? It very much remains to be seen.