'They have €100m on bench' - Pochettino claims Spurs were laughing at Liverpool

Mauricio Pochettino pointed to an embarrassment of riches in the Liverpool squad after watching his Tottenham side suffer an agonising defeat at Anfield on Sunday.

Spurs were narrowly beaten 2-1 after Hugo Lloris's late save came back off team-mate Toby Alderweireld and trickled over the goal line.

The victory propelled Jurgen Klopp's men back to the top of the Premier League but Spurs will consider themselves unfortunate having impressed, particularly after the break, at Anfield.

Lucas Moura's strike had earlier cancelled out Roberto Firmino's header before Moussa Sissoko spurned a great chance to put the visitors in front.

The defeat was difficult to swallow for Pochettino, who despite the result was encouraged by the "arrogance" of his players against a side boasting millions of pounds worth of talent.

“Overall I think we were better than Liverpool,” he said.

“I am very disappointed but I am proud of the performance. In the second half, we dominated and played much better than Liverpool. Today that was the arrogance I want to see from the team, playing that way.

“We were laughing a little bit that there was more than £100million in two midfielders on the bench in Fabinho and (Naby) Keita and you go and play better and dominate.

“Liverpool have an unbelievable quality. I am so happy in the way we dealt with the game. We need to be happy because that performance makes us believe we are in the right way.

“In football, sometimes you deserve to win, like us today and you don't win. My players are heroes an deserve a lot of credit whatever happens in the end of the season.”