Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho admits they need favours from other teams if they're to make the top four.

Spurs, sitting in sixth, are only three points off fourth-placed Chelsea going into the final nine games and they can make a big statement of intent by winning at Newcastle on Sunday.

He said: "I'm confident we can win on Sunday. Then on Monday if you ask me I will be confident that we can win against Manchester United next week. I can repeat to you after every match the ambition and the confidence to win the next match.

"To reach a Champions League position I don't think we depend on ourselves. We depend also on results from other teams. I'm not going to say we are going to do it or not going to do it. We are going one game at a time.

"The last season was a very good example. We were quite a distance, we had a big distance to the top six positions and in the end, in the last minute of the last match we confirmed that position and we have to go in that direction."