Mauricio Pochettino full of praise for man-of-the-match 'keeper Paolo Gazzaniga
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Updated 05/11/2017 at 15:32 GMT
Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino was not surprised that third-choice goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga impressed during their 1-0 victory over Crystal Palace on Sunday.
Paulo Gazzaniga of Tottenham Hotspur looks on
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Gazzaniga made three impressive saves to ensure Spurs took all three points in the London derby, and Pochettino was full of praise:
"I think he was fantastic but it's not a surprise.
"We had him in Southampton and he played with us in the Premier League. When there was the possibility to sign here, there was no doubt about his quality.
"We have three [goalkeepers] plus younger guys with a lot of potential, so we have very good [options to] protect our goal."
Pochettino was not concerned by the relatively poor performance from Spurs, citing the mental efforts of his players during the 3-1 win over Real Madrid in the Champions League last week:
"It's more mental because the people that play football know very well that it's not the same when you run but when you run with massive expectation," he said.
"The last seven games, we played all the games, were very emotional for the players and they're not machines, they need time to recover from every effort.
"I am so happy because the period was good, only one defeat against Manchester United, which we didn't deserve, but I'm very pleased.
"Now we're going into the international [break]. We're going to recover some players and then start again and it's a new season."
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