Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino happy to stop the rot with Arsenal draw in north London derby

Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino happy to stop the rot with Arsenal draw in north London derby
Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino was happy to stop the rot as his side secured a 1-1 draw with Arsenal on Saturday.Harry Kane’s 74th-minute penalty cancelled out Aaron Ramsey’s early opener.2

Mauricio Pochettino thought his side were the better team against Arsenal

Tottenham would have been on the verge of a third successive Premier League defeat if Hugo Lloris had not saved Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s injury-time penalty.Pochettino conceded Spurs’ title hopes were “nearly impossible” after back-to-back losses to Burnley and Chelsea.But the Argentine, who insisted his side were the better team against Arsenal, is pleased to be able to travel to Borussia Dortmund for the second leg of Spurs’ Champions League round of 16 tie on Tuesday on the back of a positive result.2

Tottenham are strong favourites to progress to the Champions League quarter-finals as they lead 3-0 heading into the second leg

“I think it was a fantastic game, such an exciting game, a great atmosphere with two teams who wanted to play and win the game,” Pochettino said.“It’s always tough to play against Arsenal. It was tough because to concede after 15 minutes was tough for us. “But of course I am so happy with the character, the personality and the way that in the end we played.“It wasn’t a great performance, but it was very good to draw and then maybe deserve to win.“After two defeats it was important today to build again our positive ways. We have a very difficult game on Tuesday against Borussia Dortmund and arriving in a better condition than we arrived today is going to be key.”

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Tottenham have less than two weeks until their big night in Madrid for the Champions League final against Liverpool on June 1. The Premier League season may be over, but Mauricio Pochettino's men are now preparing for their first Champions League final, having fought back from two goals down to beat Ajax in the semi-finals.

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