Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino hailed their team spirit for yesterday's 2-2 draw with West Ham United.

West Ham were deservedly leading 2-0 with just 10 minutes remaining thanks to goals from Cheikhou Kouyate and Diafra Sakho.

But Danny Rose struck to reduce the arrears before Harry Kane was brought down in the box by Alex Song in the last moments of five minutes of stoppage time.

The England Under-21 international dusted himself down to take the resulting penalty, only to see it saved by Adrian. Kane, though, was on hand to sweep home the rebound.

Pochettino argued that his side did enough to win the game and praised the spirit his players showed to keep chasing a result.

"We are always confident because we trust our players, and we never give up," he said.

"This is important, we showed big character and big personality today, and good energy. Then in the last 20 minutes it was important for us, it was a big point. It was difficult to play today, it is good to show character. For that we are proud.

"I think we deserved more than point. We had 21 or 22 shots. We created many chances. We had possession of the ball. But after they scored they created chances on counter-attack, they have very fast players up front. But in general, if we analyse, we are better than them."