Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou admits Manchester City proved the better team for last night's FA Cup defeat.

City won the Fourth Round tie 1-0 in London last night.

Postecoglou said: "They're a top team. They're the benchmark. We're not there yet and we're under no illusion about that. I just felt that all of the second half was ok, the first half we were just too passive in a lot of our play and allowed them to get a rhythm in their game.

"It's not what you want against them. It's very hard to arrest that mid-game. I thought we started the second half better with a bit more conviction about our play but ultimately we were just working hard to stay in the game and that wasn't going to be enough tonight.

"It was about just having more belief and conviction in ourselves in that first 45 minutes. You know once they get into a bit of rhythm then like I said it's very hard to wrestle that back off them. I thought we did that [belief] in the second half, the first 15 to 20 minutes we created a couple of good moments for ourselves.

"I thought we defended well. It's not like Vic had a million saves to make or that they created a lot against us. So it's disappointing to concede so late but having said that, it's not what we're about.

"We worked hard enough but it seemed we were just working to the maximum to stay in the game rather than getting over the top of them."