Ange Postecoglou happy for Spurs fans to keep dreaming after win at Crystal Palace

Ange Postecoglou says he is happy for Tottenham Hotspur fans to keep dreaming after their victory against Crystal Palace took them five points clear at the top of the Premier League.

An own-goal from Palace defender Joel Ward and Son Heung-min's eighth goal of the season put Spurs in control at Selhurst Park before Jordan Ayew smashed home a consolation for the Eagles deep into injury-time.

The victory means Tottenham increased their lead over Manchester City and North London rivals Arsenal who are in action on Saturday and Sunday against Sheffield United and Manchester United, respectively.

And while Postecoglou had made a point of playing down title talk before Friday's game, he also insisted afterwards that he was “not going to dampen” fans' enthusiasm after a fantastic start to the season.

“Let them dream. That's what being a football supporter is all about. It's fair to say this lot have suffered a fair bit, so I'm certainly not going to dampen that,” said Postecoglou, whose team is unbeaten after 10 games, winning eight and drawing two.

“Top of the table is great and the results are great but it's more in the manner we're doing it. Pretty much from the first game we've had all sorts of different challenges we've had to overcome.

“Every time there has been a real focus and clear-headedness about the group collectively to deal with that.

“That has been a really pleasing thing and because they're getting rewards from that, then that gives us the opportunity to accelerate the growth of giving them more tools out there to help them for whatever we need to overcome.

“I thought tonight was going to be a real difficult game for us. Coming here, Palace's result last week, it's a tight ground, they'd only conceded three