Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri was in a buoyant mood despite the FA Cup exit at the hands of Tottenham on Wednesday night.

The Foxes suffered a 2-0 defeat in the third round replay at King Power Stadium, but the Italian manager was intent on focusing on the positives of matching it with a team of the quality of Spurs.

"They played better than us and they deserved to win the match," Ranieri told Foxes Player HD.

"We were very close to them in the first match (a 2-2 draw) when we were winning and drew the match at the end. But that's it.

"I think we've made a very fantastic step, because in four matches against Tottenham, we've won one, lost one and drawn two. If you imagine it's a minimum of 10 years that Tottenham are building their team to reach the Europa League and Champions League zone.

"We've just started our journey and we are fighting with them. It's fantastic. I'm so pleased with my team because they fought fantastically. It wasn't a good result but the performance was good."