Pochettino was one of the club’s senior players, the most influential voice in the dressing room. He decided he did not want Pochettino in the squad, having been led to believe he undermined his predecessor Miguel Ángel Lotina. We believe we are going to win – with young players, senior players, I don’t care – because it’s Tottenham that is going to play. Circumstances“The ambition is to win but maybe reality, and dreams and perception, are not in a good balance today,” Pochettino said. “That was the most important game they had played but since then they’ve played at the World Cup,” he said.

Source: The Irish Times October 02, 2018 21:22 UTC