Mauricio Pochettino hailed the character of his Tottenham team after they withstood a Wolves fightback to grind out a 3-2 win at Molineux. Pochettino was keen for his players to learn the lessons on Saturday's thrilling clash after they threatened to throw away a 3-0 lead in a tense finale. But the Tottenham manager also praised his team's fighting qualities after former England defender Gary Neville this week labelled previous Tottenham teams as 'spineless'. "When some people make some comments you have to respect the comments," Pochettino said.

"But yes, I was so happy right from the beginning. Since I arrived here we created a very good culture about fight and altogether the belief. "It was difficult to create that but I am so happy. It is a team that is always going to give the faith in each game. "We can win or we can lose but we are so intense and today the effort was fantastic." Pochettino's men appeared to be cruising when Harry Kane made it 3-0 on 61 minutes, adding to first half goals from Erik Lamela and Lucas Moura. Yet two late penalties from Wolves set up a nervous finish and left Pochettino with mixed feelings. "When we got to 3-0 we thought and the whole stadium thought the game was over," he said. "When we arrive in that situation we need to learn about how to play seriously, not make mistakes and not give opponents such poor actions that they can stay in the game. "That is why I am happy for three points but disappointed with some of the performance."