Everton manager Ronald Koeman has said that he hopes to emulateMauricio Pochettino's Premier League success.
The Toffees head to White Hart Lane on Sunday to face Pochettino's Tottenham, where they will be hoping to extend their nine match unbeaten run.
Koeman took over at Southampton after Pochettino left to join Spurs, and the Dutchman sees similarities in their Premier League journeys.
He toldBT Sport:The manager at Tottenham is doing a great job because everybody understands it's really difficult to give that competition to the big teams in the Premier League and now for the second season in the row they fight for the Champions League.
Last season they fought until the last part of the season to win the title and they signed long-term contracts with good players, with young players.
In several aspects they play football what we like to do in our team. They try to do high pressing, we like to do high pressing, they have individually very good players between the lines and offensive full-backs, and trying to bring young players into the team.
Yes it's a little bit similar what we like to do. It's not our second or third season, it's our first, but we are in a good way to move forwards and to change things and to make sometimes difficult decisions.�
A win for Everton will take them to within just two points of sixth-placed Manchester United, while a win for the Lilywhites will close the gap to league-leaders Chelsea to seven points, with the Blues facing West Ham at the London Stadium on Monday evening.