Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino hailed their character for Saturday's 2-2 draw.

City raced into a two-goal advantage within 10 minutes of the restart after Leroy Sane and Kevin De Bruyne capitalised on two Hugo Lloris mistakes in the Spurs goal.

Dele Alli halved the deficit before a moment of controversy as Raheem Sterling appeared to be pushed when through on goal by Spurs defender Kyle Walker.

The incident went unnoticed by referee Andre Mariner - with Son Heung-min equalising from the resulting counter-attack.

Pochettino told BT Sport: "They were better in the first half. It was difficult for us in the first half and we conceded a lot of chances but the second half, I think we were a little bit better and had more energy before we conceded the two goals.

"It is always important to show character, good quality and personality. We showed great character at 2-0 down against Manchester City, which is always difficult, but we believed and we always try and it was the perfect thing as it is a massive point for us."