Poch at lowest point until VAR saved Spurs

BY TONY BANKS seconds like this (he puts his head in his hands). It was so fast. There were a lot of bad feelings and bad ideas.

“In that moment yes of course it was the lowest moment in my coaching career.

“It was going to be a massive situation emotionally. We for sure would have been very down.

“In that moment you start to think, ‘Why?’ The action where Christian Eriksen played the ball back. I was thinking, ‘Why not play forwards?’

“I was reviewing the action, the decision, how I was going to face the players, the fans, the press. All these things happened so quickly in my mind.

“It’s amazing. When you are so down and then something you do not expect happens. It’s amazing how quickly things happen in your mind, different emotions and ideas.”

A video of the Spurs dressing room circulating on social media after the game saw Pochettino striding into the room roaring in triumph as his players celebrated, throwing water about – and slapping his tactics whiteboard in sheer triumph.

The Argentine said: “I hope that no one puts that on social media! Because I saw a video someone recorded of celebrating in the dressing room. I hope that this is private!

“We were very happy, we celebrated. It was normal. It was a fantastic moment and we were all together, massive happiness, sharing it all together.

“We realised then it was a fantastic achievement for us, for the club.”

But Pochettino refused to consider the moment a turning point for his club, who have fallen too many times in recent years when glory beckoned.

He added: “I don’t believe that. It was amazing to achieve this but there is still a lot of work to do for the club if we want to be in the level we dream to be at.

“But of course the way we are doing this is the way to build your reputation. You build towards being one day at the level that you want.”