Intro:

Mauricio Pochettino praises his players' desire, yet conceded they were perhaps fortunate to win 2-1 at Leicester City.

Manager Nigel Pearson insisted he will not "stick his head in the sand" after Leicester City fell six points adrift of the safety line in the English Premier League.

Script:

SOUNDBITE (English): Mauricio Pochettino, Tottenham Hotspur manager:

"I am happy because it was a very difficult game. We managed the game from the beginning until 30 minutes, 25 minutes. When you don't kill the game it is hard enough. Leicester is a very good team. Their supporters push, push them. I think that they play very well in the second half. But always in football you need a little bit of luck. But I think that we made a big effort."

SOUNDBITE (English): Nigel Pearson, Leicester City manager:

"I'm not sticking my head in the sand or trying to paint the picture that it is a lot more positive than it is. We are in trouble at the moment. But the performances would suggest that we have the capability of turning things around. I mean, the players are having to deal with setbacks at the moment in most games, and that does test your resolve. But that is how it is and we have got to make sure that we now recover from this game and give us ourselves the best chance of winning the next game. And that is going to be a big game at Hull."