Poch hails Spurs despite winless streak

Tottenham Hotspur are five points off the top of the Premier League table, but boss Mauricio Pochettino insists he is delighted with the start his side has made to the new campaign.

The North London side are the only unbeaten team left in the Premier League following their 1-1 draw with Arsenal, although it stretched their winless run to seven games in all competitions.

Spurs have suffered injury problems this season, with Harry Kane and Toby Alderweireld missing sizeable chunks so far and Dele Alli now set for several weeks on the sidelines.

And Pochettino believes that remaining unbeaten is a major achievement for the club after a tough start.

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“All the teams have good or bad moments in the season. If you suffer bad moments and are unbeaten you can only smile, because I am happy,” he said.

“There are many small problems. Now we have two weeks to recover all the players. When you compete in the Champions League and the Premier League, for me they are both the toughest competitions in the world and we need all the squad fit.

“We have a short squad and we suffered some issues. We have had to play with the same players and we cannot rotate the way we’d like to rotate the players to give freshness and arrive in better conditions.

“But I’m very happy with how we have finished now. It feels fantastic.”