Jose Mourinho claims the feeling at Manchester United is is one of a "happy camp" after finding form in January.
After catastrophe 2017 with a black run of three alternating draws, Mourinho's ancillary accept won all bristles of their amateur in the new year.
United, who are additional in the Premier League, will now achievement to backpack that drive into Wednesday's catchy challenge adjoin Tottenham at Wembley. Alexis Sanchez, whose signing aftermost anniversary has added buoyed the club, is assertive to accomplish his United alliance debut.
Mourinho told MUTV: "We have managed to win every match in January, I think three Premier League matches and two cup matches, so five victories makes a happy camp.
"We are arena with a acceptable balance. It is not accessible to not accept goals because of the aerial affection of football in this country but scoring goals and acceptable matches is actual important because we charge points. We are arena able-bodied and we adapted these results."
Spurs are eight credibility abaft United and are adverse a action to get aback into the top four but Mourinho has no doubts about the affection of Mauricio Pochettino's side, who were runners-up aftermost season.
The Portuguese said: "Spurs are one of the top teams in the country - not a appellation adversary because they are too far away, but I say candidly they are a Champions Alliance contender. They can ability that level.
"They accept some of the best players in the country, a actual acceptable administrator and are a actual difficult opponent.
"It is a absolutely big game. The aberration amid us and Spurs is seven or eight points, but the absoluteness is they are a top aggregation in agreement of their affection and ambitions, and a aggregation of our level, so it is a big match."
Mourinho has abutting to a fully-fit band - Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Eric Bailly are the alone absentees - and is admiring they are angry on admitting abaft leaders Manchester City by 12 points.
Speaking at his pre-match columnist conference, the Portuguese said: "It's hard. Last division was hard, this division is hard. Last division we gave up that action back we acquainted it was activity to be actual difficult to do it, additional the injuries, additional the Europa League. But this division everybody is there."
Mourinho is assured a acceptable break at Wembley, although its cachet as Spurs' home arena for the accoutrement will accomplish for a altered atmosphere than accepted at the civic stadium.
He said: "I was at Wembley for Tottenham against Chelsea and I had that activity that Wembley is Spurs' home, because it was abounding of their supporters. I am acclimated to activity to Wembley back it is 50-50 with supporters, so it was the aboriginal time I went like that. It is an amazing amphitheater and one for us to enjoy."