Tottenham boss Andre Villas-Boas is delighted with the effort of his players in preseason.

AVB was commenting after their 0-0 draw with Liverpool.

"It was a great, great effort," he told the Spurs website. "In these conditions, it's almost impossible to play.

"I'm extremely pleased, especially when you consider that Liverpool are a week ahead of us in their preparations and physically, that means a lot.

"It was good to see we managed to stay on their level fitness-wise and create good opportunities as well.

"Defensively we were very solid, compact and we pressed Liverpool high up the pitch.

"From the first minute we managed to press them, create problems, recover balls, stay defensively compact and that signifies an improvement from what we did against LA Galaxy.

"This is the commitment that you want."