This is Tottenham’s 2016/17 Christmas review

PRO – Unbeaten start

Tottenham won six and drew six of their first 12 Premier League games this season before a meeting with Chelsea on November 26.

Pochettino’s men has conceded just eight goals in those 12 matches, but went down 2-1 at Stamford Bridge to the league leaders, despite taking the lead through Christian Eriksen’s fine strike.

Nonetheless, it was still an impressive start from Spurs and, although they didn’t turn enough of those draws into victories, they proved to be difficult to break down, beating the likes of Manchester City and West Ham, but also avoiding defeat against Everton, Liverpool, and Arsenal.

Their two losses in recent weeks were by the odd goal and, with the backline Spurs have, they should be difficult to beat for the rest of the campaign – it will be whether they can turn more draws into wins that will decide if they can finish in the top four, or even challenge for the title.