Liverpool midfielder Gini Wijnaldum was unhappy with their performance for victory at Tottenham.

Roberto Firmino scored the only goal in a 1-0 win in north London on Saturday night.

"I think we made it really tough for ourselves in the second half," he told Liverpool's website.

“I think first half we played a good game but we gave sniffs away and gave them a little bit of confidence.

"Because it was only 1-0, they had the confidence they could equalise and in the second half you know they will come out and try to equalise.

"That's what makes it harder – and also because we didn't do what we did in the first half.

“I think that was the reason why it was really tough. Normally, it's always tough when you play against Tottenham but I think we made it tougher than what it was.

“It was only 1-0 so they had the confidence to try to score a goal. We had to do better with the situation.

"At the end we defended well but in a few bits in the game we gave chances away and we were lucky they didn't score."

He added: "We have a manager who keeps both our feet on the ground and [urges us] to work even harder.

“Every day when we are training or playing a game, we try to do it better than we did before. We always strive to do it better."