Pochettino: Illness no excuse as Southampton hold sloppy Tottenham

Southampton 1 - Tottenham 1: Mauricio Pochettino admits Tottenham’s players were hit by a virus last week but insisted that was no excuse for their sloppy display against Southampton. 

Only a late miss by 17-year-old Irish debutant Michael Obafemi spared Pochettino a defeat at his old club, though Harry Kane could also have won it for the Londoners in injury-time.

Christian Eriksen was a surprise absentee from the Spurs squad as he and Hugo Lloris were both struck down by illness and unable to travel to England’s south coast.