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Tottenham goalkeeper Hart: Mourinho has us as title contenders

Tottenham goalkeeper Joe Hart says manager Jose Mourinho has them as title contenders this season.

Spurs are already into the Carabao Cup final against Hart's former club Manchester City, go to Everton in the FA Cup fifth round after Monday's win at Wycombe, and are still in the Europa League.

They have drifted off the pace in the title race ahead but will climb above Liverpool if they can beat the champions at White Hart Lane on Thursday.

"We are in a good position in the league and in all three cups so we'll keep pushing," said Hart, winner of five major trophies at City, including the Premier League twice.

"A lot of things are easily said about winning trophies: 'win one and you win more', 'putting the right squad together', they're just easy things to say.

"But we're in it, we're in the trenches, we're working hard and we're in a cup final already. We're doing the hard graft, that's what really counts, more than talking about it and that's what should get us the success.

"We've got to go game by game and we're looking to win every game we go into and we're in a good place with that mentality.

"The manager asked that of us at the start of the season. There was going to be a lot of expectations of the club because of the quality and the squad we've got."

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