Mauricio Pochettino spoke of his happiness at avoiding defeat as Tottenham drew 1-1 __with Arsenal.
Spurs were forced to fight back from a goal down against the Gunners at the Emirates Stadium, __with Harry Kane’s second-half penalty cancelling out Kevin Wimmer’s own goal. READ 16 CONCLUSIONS.
The draw kept the Premier League’s only remaining unbeaten record intact after 11 games, and Pochettino praised his side’s resilience at emerging from a tough period.
Spurs are without a win in their last seven games, and have scored just one goal from open play in that sequence, but the manager is content.
“All teams have good and bad moments over the course of the season,” said Pochettino. “If you have bad moments, as we have had this month, and you are still unbeaten…all you can do is smile.
“I’m happy. We’ve had many small problems but now we have two weeks to recover the players.
“Competing in the Champions League and Premier League, two of the toughest competitions in the world, you need all the squad fit. We have suffered some issues, so maybe we haven’t been able to rotate in the way we want to give freshness and put the players in their best condition, so we have to use the same players
“But I’m very happy, very happy to be 11 unbeaten in the Premier League. It’s been very tough for us, so the feeling is fantastic because that was a strong performance from the whole team.”