Video: Mourinho makes confident quip about bringing the Premier League title to Spurs

Tottenham Hotspur boss Jose Mourinho has claimed that he could bring the Premier League title to North London.

The Spurs boss played down any suggestion that he could be under pressure after the club’s poor run of form which has seen them drop from the top of the table to eighth place.

The toothless display against Chelsea during the 1-0 defeat under the lights of the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium now means the club have lost three consecutive Premier League games for the first time since 2012.

Mourinho suggested that the pressure he puts on his own shoulders is more than what others would put on him.

Despite the poor run of form and the club at risk of losing their ability to keep up with the top four, Mourinho has suggested that the could end the club’s long wait for a top flight title.

Spurs host West Bromwich Albion on Sunday against Sam Allardyce’s relegation strugglers and will be looking to get the season back on track.

He told Football.London: “I put pressure on myself every day. I don’t need others to put pressure on me. I put pressure on myself every day. Every day. So since 2012 without three defeats in a row? But since when without a title?” he asked.

When a journalist replied with the answer of 1961, he replied: ” Maybe I can give one.”

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