Tottenham midfielder Benjamin Stambouli is surprised by the passion of the average Premier League player.

Stambouli arrived in the summer from Montpellier.

"If you're 2-0 down in France, you carry on playing but you don't think you can win the game," the midfielder told the London Evening Standard. "But here, the players always think they can win.

"If you're two goals down with only three minutes left, the teams here think they can score three times in the last three minutes. That isn't the case in French football.

"We are not believers in France like you are in England. Maybe our football has more tactical discipline, maybe it is more organised, but the spectacle is not like it is here. In France, the results are often 0-0 or 1-0 and the football is very tactical. In England it is about the show.

"Even if you're winning the game here, you'll still attack all the way to the end. You might lose the ball, concede a goal and end up drawing the game, but still the fans are happy because they have seen goals. It's a big difference.

"The first game I played in the Premier League was at Sunderland in September. We took the lead after two minutes, but Sunderland equalised two minutes later. It was incredible - something I had never seen in France."