Tottenham’s nine-game unbeaten run is the current longest in the Premier League this season”I’m resident wicketkeeper,” laughs Eric Dier, after being spotted donning goalkeeping gloves during Tottenham’s training ground cricket matches.Clips of those Hotspur Way knockabouts reflect the general feel-good atmosphere at a club who sit top of the Premier League table heading into Sunday’s north London derby against Arsenal.Not that Dier is getting carried away.”It’s always nice to be first but obviously it doesn’t really mean much right now – what matters is in May,” he tells BBC Sport. The England international is, however, an integral part of the division’s most frugal defence, with Jose Mourinho’s side boasting four clean sheets in their past five league games since conceding three goals in the final eight minutes to draw with West Ham in October.”We were disappointed with how things happened and we spoke about that as a group afterwards,” says Dier. “We knew we needed to do better. “It is really a team thing to be able to defend well. It’s because of 11 players all doing their part in whatever way is necessary. “There has been a fantastic feeling in that sense, where everyone is willing to go that extra mile for each other and that’s really important.”Spurs have conceded nine goals in 10 league games this season, three of which were penalties, despite having little time to work together on the training ground.”We’ve barely been able to train because of the schedule – a lot of meetings,” adds… Click below to read the full story from BBC Sport
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