Ange Postecoglou said Tottenham will go all out to beat Manchester City on Tuesday, even though it could open the door to bitter north London rivals Arsenal to win the Premier League.

Mikel Artetas Arsenal are one point above City at the top of the table, but Pep Guardiolas team crucially have a game in hand.

Arsenal, on 86 points, host Everton in their final match of the season on Sunday while City play West Ham at home.

It means if City wins their final two games, they will secure an unprecedented fourth consecutive English top-flight title.

Much of the talk ahead of Tuesdays game has centred on whether Tottenham fans will want their team to lose in order to deny Arsenal the chance to win the league for the first time in 20 years.

But Spurs manager Postecoglou bristled at the notion that Spurs were focused on anything other than a win at his pre-match press conference on Monday.

People are allowed to feel the way they do but I think Ive been really consistent and really strong in my beliefs that its important for this football club to get to where we want to, not look for a silver bullet, he said.

Its hard work, perseverance, its resilience, its quality that will get us what we want, not to fall for any sort of false dawns or any short-term result reactions, stick to the course and thirdly, know what real success looks like.

Real success looks like trophies. Anything else in between, bragging rights, whatever, it is absolutely meaningless to me¦ weve got a game tomorrow we want to win.

The former Celtic boss said he was confident that supporters would be behind Tottenham on Tuesday and that opinions online were not a good guide.

If you go by social media theres probably 99 percent of Spurs supporters who dont (want to win against City), if thats your world but please dont tell me thats your world¦ well need to have a counselling session if thats your world, he said.

I understand rivalry - I was part of one of the biggest ones in the last couple of years in the world with Celtic and Rangers but I will never understand if somebody wants their own team to lose. Thats not what sports about.

Tottenham were early pacesetters in the Premier League campaign, but a late-season slump looks like costing them a place in the Champions League next season.

A win for fourth-placed Aston Villa against Liverpool later on Monday would end the clubs hopes of qualifying for Europes top club competition. (Courtesy, excluding headline, AFP)