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Premier League | Gameweek 30
Jun 19, 2020 at 8.15pm UK
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Hugo Lloris admits Tottenham have no margin for error when season restarts

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Spurs are four points behind fifth-placed Manchester United, who they face in their first game back.

Hugo Lloris says Tottenham cannot afford to lose games when the Premier League season resumes as they make an improbable tilt at Champions League qualification.

Spurs resume their campaign after a three-month hiatus against Manchester United next Friday, a blockbusting clash which could have a decisive say on their European ambitions.

Lloris' side are currently in eighth position, seven points off fourth-placed Chelsea and four behind United, who are fifth, meaning they have little room for error once the action restarts.

Spurs do at least have a fully fit squad, with Harry Kane, Son Heung-min, Steven Bergwijn and Moussa Sissoko all back from serious injuries.

The game against Manchester United will be Kane's first outing since New Year's Day after he ruptured his hamstring tendon and Lloris expects the England captain to come back firing.

"He is ready. In his mind he is ready and that's the most important thing," Lloris added. "He recovered very well from his bad injury and he is the one really looking forward to getting back into the competition.

"Everyone knows his targets, his ambition and his willingness to win. We all need the repetition of games to reach our best level but that is going to be the case even for the opponents we are going to play.

"Harry is in a good place and just waiting to start the season again, like all of us."

If Spurs do falter in the remaining nine games it means they could miss out on the Champions League for the first time since 2015, while they are also facing the prospect of a first campaign without European football since 2009.

It has been a torrid season for the club, with the hangover from last season's Champions League final defeat to Liverpool, a host of contract issues with key players, Mauricio Pochettino being sacked and a long list of injuries.

Lloris insists this term can be nothing more than a blip.

"It's difficult to explain and I could not go too deep," he said of Spurs' struggles this season. "But there is also a risk when you go over your potential.

"Last season, we went on an incredible run in the Champions League and we finished the season on our knees and you don't have time to recover from one season before you have to start a new one.

"And then there was the accumulation of things that provoked the situation, and then of course a lot of injured players. The change of manager.

Mauricio Pochettino was sacked as Tottenham manager after five successful years in November (Nick Potts/PA)

"It's difficult to stay stable and to be always looking at the top. There is sometimes one season when everything goes against you, but that doesn't mean you deserve this situation.

"Obviously, if we are in this situation it is because we didn't make everything to do better and the responsibility is to share between us.

"But we have to make sure it is just only one season and make sure next season we will be ready again to compete with the top teams.

"Maybe when I say that, maybe the consequence when you play four years making a huge effort to compete with the top teams and finish in the top four, it's a lot of accumulation and one season there is everything you cannot control. It can happen."

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