Tottenham manager,Mauricio Pochettino has claimed his side were laughing at Liverpool squad who had their worths of more than £100m midfieders watching from the bench even though spurs suffered suffer a 2-1 defeat to the Reds on Sunday.
Klopp’s men narrowly defeated spurs 2-1 when Hugo Lloris’s late save came back off Toby Alderweireld and trickled over the goal line leaving spurs to an unfortunate scene though they impressed.
A strike from Lucas Moura leveled Roberto Firmino’s header before Moussa Sissoko spurned a great chance to put the visitors in front.
Pochettino despite the outcome still boasted against a team with millions of pounds worth of talent.
”Overall I think we were better than Liverpool,” he said.
”’I am very disappointed but I am proud of the performance. In the second half, we dominated and played much better than Liverpool. Today that was the arrogance I want to see from the team, playing that way.
”We were laughing a little bit that there was more than £100m in two midfielders on the bench in Fabinho and (Naby) Keita and you go and play better and dominate.
”Liverpool have an unbelievable quality. I am so happy in the way we dealt with the game. We need to be happy because that performance makes us believe we are in the right way.
”In football, sometimes you deserve to win, like us today and you don’t win. My players are heroes an deserve a lot of credit whatever happens in the end of the season,Pochettino said.
