I’m So Pleased With My Players – Mauricio Pochettino

Mauricio Pochettino has begged his players not to relax after they moved back into the top four with a 1-0 win over rivals Arsenal in the North London derby.

“We are doing a fantastic job,” Pochettino said afterwards. “I’m so pleased because this is a key period when you have to fight for the battles, you need to fight for the top four and the three points. We are in the battle.

“Then arrives the Champions League, a competition that excites our fans, us. Always you dream to play in these type of games. We arrive in a very good moment for us.

“I think it’s important for the belief of the team, for the confidence. You know very well that football is about the trust, confidence and belief. A clean sheet against United and again here today, I think we deserved more against Liverpool but we took the draw.

“We feel very proud. The performance was amazing, fantastic. We played amazing football, we created a lot of chances. We had the capacity to push them and create many, many chances. I’m very pleased with the players and they deserved the full credit. I thought they were fantastic. I want to congratulate them and keep going.”

“Of course Harry is one of the best. In the last three years, I have repeated that he is one of the best strikers in the world,” Pochettino said. “Sometimes it’s because you believe he’s my player and I try to praise him, no?

“I am telling you and I tell you again because in our experience of football, he is one of the best, because he deserves that, to be one of the best. It’s so good to have him in our side.”