Antonio Conte said after the victory against West Ham that he enjoyed watching his team play and that's probably because he's starting to witness his Tottenham Hotspur.
His players were under pressure to win this game to ensure they remained right in the top four race and to break the win-loss-win-loss pattern of much of 2022 and they rose to the challenge. In Premier League games alone, Spurs now have won four out of their past five matches and the surge up the table has come at the perfect time. They now sit in fifth place and three points behind Arsenal, who have one game in hand but also face a trip to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
The Conte blueprint feels like it's in place and being worked to. Even though the international break has arrived to interrupt the momentum, that each game now comes after a free week of preparation - until the Arsenal fixture is finally rescheduled - plays to the Italian's strengths. Sunday brought a crucial win against a West Ham side that had previously give Spurs plenty of problems. This time they were mostly contained, with Hugo Lloris enjoying a second consecutive match in which he had very little to do.
