Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho is convinced the top four race remains wide open.

Spurs meet Everton on Friday night.

Just a point separates seventh-placed Spurs and eighth-placed Everton, and on whether either will be out of the Champions League equation if they lose on Friday, Mourinho said: "We're very close to each other but there are more clubs around us. There are some clubs with a few more points, some others with a few less, but with still more than 20 points [to play for], I think it's still open.

"Of course, it's the kind of match where the winner gets the points and stops the loser from getting them. If you draw you stay more or less in the same position. So understandably I don't think anything will be decided in there. But of course, if one of the two teams wins and gets an advantage, that can be important in the direct duel, not in relation to all the others that are around."

Tottenham are still without Matt Doherty and Ben Davies for the trip to Everton. Both full-backs have been missing since the international break but while Doherty is back in light training after a muscle injury, Davies is still some way from recovering from his ankle injury.

"Matt Doherty did the warm-up with us," said Mourinho. "He did the warm-up with the group and then went to sports science for individual work. So he's not ready for tomorrow, but he's coming.

"Ben Davies is not even close to that. I would say that after 51 matches or so [this season], to arrive in this sort of situation with only two injured that we cannot complain because the work has been good and the squad as a whole is in a good situation."