Tottenham are confident again, says Mauricio Pochettino
Sunday 4 December 2016 08:12, UK
Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino believes his side have got their confidence back after a 5-0 win over Swansea in the Premier League on Saturday.
Doubles from Harry Kane and Christian Eriksen and a goal from Heung-min Son secured Tottenham only their second victory in 11 games.
Spurs were knocked out of the Champions League after a 2-1 defeat to Monaco on November 22 and lost to Chelsea last weekend.
"I think that we fully deserved the result," Pochettino said. "We dominated, we created chances, they didn't shoot, they didn't create chances and I think it was a very good performance. I am happy because we got three points which was important after Chelsea and Monaco.
"I don't believe it was the best [performance] but I think it was good because it is always good to get three points and keep near the top.
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"We have ahead very important games and confidence is back."
Tottenham were awarded a penalty on 38 minutes when Kyle Naughton appeared to bring down Dele Alli but replays showed there was a suggestion of a dive from the Spurs midfielder.
However, Pochettino insisted he had not seen the incident.
"I didn't see it," Pochettino told Sky Sports. "It was very difficult to see from point of view if it was or not. I can say nothing because I need to see it on TV first of all.
When asked whether he had spoken to Alli, he said: "We've had no time to talk. I think after the game has finished 5-0 it's not important to talk about the penalty.
"I can understand if Swansea complain about that but in terms of the football, we were much better.
"The stats from the game shows this. We had 23 shots, 16 on target and seven off target. For them, zero on target and zero off target.
"I think there's no need to focus on the penalty but I understand if they are not happy," he added.
"We need to prepare for the next game and that's against CSKA Moscow. Swansea have gone and it's an important three points for us to be close to the top and nothing more."
