Mauricio Pochettino out for Stoke City revenge

Tottenham Hotspur coach Mauricio Pochettino has challenged his players to 'take their revenge' on Stoke City this weekend after losing twice to the Potters last season.

Spurs were beaten home and away by Mark Hughes's side before securing a fifth-place finish in the Premier League table.

Having lost their opening game of the new campaign 1-0 to Manchester United last weekend, Pochettino is hoping for an improved result at White Hart Lane tomorrow.

"It's true the last two games that we played at White Hart Lane and the Britannia Stadium we lost, but it's a good opportunity to take our revenge," the Argentine is quoted as saying by Sky Sports News.

"It's a different season, we're happy with our performance - disappointed with the result - against Manchester United but I think the way we played, our performance was good. We need to show on Saturday that we deserved more."

Recent transfer speculation has suggested that Juventus are interested in signing Tottenham midfielder Christian Eriksen.