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Harry Kane is the "most streetwise player in the Premier League," according to Jamie Carragher. "There's a little bit of the Zidane about him," says Gary Neville. The praise keeps coming for Tottenham's frontman. So what has changed?

Tottenham go to Chelsea on Sunday afternoon, looking to retain their 100 per cent Premier League away record, and make it six wins in a row in all competitions.

This season of two-a-week fixtures suits the Spurs manager’s attritional style and is why he seems to be enjoying himself

Ah, José, it’s good to have you back. It’s been too long since we saw this version of José Mourinho, and in that decade or so it had become increasingly hard to remember exactly what we ever saw in him. How had this sourpuss with the ideological aversion to possession ever charmed us? What on earth was it about this grouch who kept demanding “respect” and his almost unwatchable teams that had made his arrival in the Premier League in 2004 seem such a vital event in the history of football in England?

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Spurs have not won a trophy since 2008. You can be the Artful Dodger there so long as your marks are considerably richer

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You can win £5,000 for free by predicting what will unfold when Frank Lampard's Chelsea host Jose Mourinho's Tottenham on Super Sunday.

Crack the popcorn out and get comfortable for this one. Chelsea and Tottenham have been electric so far this season while there was more than a little spark between Frank Lampard and José Mourinho when these sides met in the League Cup in September. Spurs could make a serious title statement with following up a win against Manchester City with another success at Stamford Bridge. Lampard’s side meanwhile can leapfrog Mourinho if they hold firm at home. Édouard Mendy may have a huge part to play in the outcome as his seven clean sheets in 10 games have transformed Lampard’s leaky defence. Maybe Mendy is the man who can finally halt the relentless goalscoring machine of Harry Kane and Son Heung-min. Graham Searles

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• Mourinho’s league leaders face Chelsea on Sunday

• Lampard will come up against his former manager

For José Mourinho, the equation is simple. You manage at a big-spending club and there is pressure to win trophies. More than that, it is an obligation. The Tottenham manager has felt it himself previously, including at Chelsea, where he delivered three Premier League titles in his two spells in charge. As he said a few years ago, having left the club under a cloud the second time: “Judas is still No 1.” No other Chelsea manager has won the league more than once for them.

It is different at Spurs where a relatively low transfer spend equals less pressure, less expectation. Mourinho says he enjoyed his first summer window at the club, in which he leant on the chairman, Daniel Levy, to sanction a net spend of £56.2m, excluding loan fees. It brought seven players and greater balance and options. In this kind of project, Mourinho says, there is no margin for recruitment error.

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Team news, stats and prediction ahead of Chelsea vs Tottenham in the Premier League on Sunday, live on Sky Sports (kick-off 4.30pm).

Tottenham Hotspur boss José Mourinho said that facing his former club Chelsea on Sunday is 'just another game', while Chelsea manager Frank Lampard said that pitting his side against his former boss and mentor Mourinho will add 'extra spice' to the fixture. The managers have had high-profile disagreements during recent fixtures and Sunday's match sees top of the league Spurs taking on third-placed Chelsea. If Spurs win the game, they will likely stay top because of their superior goal difference to Liverpool. 

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Liverpool will restrict their ticket allocation for the Premier League visit of Wolves on December 6 to supporters from within the city's region.

Jose Mourinho says he will persist with a cautious mindset as league leaders Tottenham aim to deliver another statement of their ambitions this season against Chelsea on Sunday.

Paul Merson insists the outcome of this weekend's "massive" clash between Chelsea and Tottenham will have a huge bearing on the rest of the season for both sides.

Premier League leaders Tottenham visit Chelsea on Sunday with their eyes on the title, just as they were four years ago when the London rivals went head to head in what became known as 'The Battle of the Bridge'.

Fresh from predicting six correct results, three correct scores and a 7/1 winning double last weekend, our betting expert Jones Knows is back with more predictions.

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Fanzone is back for the Premier League season, with some exciting new features.

Ahead of their meeting on Sunday, we take a look at some of the greatest goals between Chelsea and Tottenham in the Premier League.

Fernandes and Van de Beek can click, Chelsea v Spurs is a test of title credentials and West Brom upbeat for basement battle

Crystal Palace have never won a match in the top flight when they have played on a Friday but have a great opportunity to bring an end to that statistic at the 13th attempt against struggling Newcastle. The insipid performance against Chelsea last week in which Steve Bruce’s side mustered only one shot on target in a 2-0 home defeat did not go down well with supporters and they will be interested to see how Allan Saint-Maximin responds to criticism from Alan Shearer, who said the Frenchman “hasn’t broken a sweat” since signing his new six-year contract last month. Newcastle haven’t won at Selhurst Park since December 2013, when goals from Yohan Cabaye and Hatem Ben Arfa helped Alan Pardew’s side record a sixth victory in eight games and move up to sixth. In the week that Pardew – whose eight-year deal at Newcastle would have expired in June had he not left suddenly to join Palace in December 2015 – began his new role as technical director at CSKA Sofia, can Bruce end that barren run in south London? EA

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Jose Mourinho revealed the private side of Diego Maradona who would "call me after my big defeats, but never my victories" following the Argentina legend's passing.

The Europa League group stage is nearing its conclusion, with Arsenal and Leicester having already qualified for the knockout stage. Here's what you need to know about the round of 32.