Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino hailed his players after their 4-0 rout of West Brom.

Harry Kane, who became a father for the first time last Sunday, hit a hat-trick with Gareth McAuley scoring an own goal as Spurs had a comfortable afternoon at White Hart Lane.

The win sees Tottenham move to second in the table with seven straight wins in all competitions, and Pochettino believes his side are much stronger than they were last season.

"The first 45 minutes was fantastic, it was wonderful football," he said.

"We can feel very happy with the performance, the players played very well against a very difficult team.

"I think after Chelsea it was a big challenge to keep the momentum and show that we are mature enough to fight for big things and today was a very good example of that.

"We need to move on and try to fight but now we have more belief. We are much better than last season.

"We are showing that we have learnt a lot from last season, we are more mature. Today we did not concede a goal."