Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino has played down suggestions his side will compromise their Europa League campaign in order to focus on the Premier League title race.

Spurs currently sit second on the Premier League ladder, five points behind leaders Leicester City, while they also play the first leg of their Europa League Round of 16 tie against Borussia Dortmund on Thursday night.

"Always we try to take the better decision and pick the better players for different games. I think tomorrow (Thursday) we have a very tough game against Borussia Dortmund and I think the Europa League and Premier League are competitions that are our priority now because we have two competitions," Pochettino said.

"But in the same way we are in a period that is tough for the players and sometimes you need to refresh the team and sometimes you need to rotate.

"It is difficult to play every game with the same team and for that, from the beginning of the season, we always spoke about the important thing is to have a big squad and that all the players feel they are important and the starting XI is the best team we can pick to try to win the game."