Mauricio Pochettino claims Tottenham are not among Champions League favourites

Tottenham coach Mauricio Pochettino says his team are not among Champions League favourites this year. Last season Spurs were in the final and lost to Jurgen Klopps’ Liverpool with 2-0. They start this season’s Champions League campaign with the match against Olympiacos in Group B. However, Pochettino is not thinking about the final, yet. "No one today will give us a chance to be one of the contenders to be in the final in Istanbul but that is normal," he said. "That makes it very exciting. We know to repeat the same campaign we need to play in our best. It is so early to talk about the final but most important is to show our quality, our squad quality and do our best. "I don't care if people think if we are contenders or not because we went to the final and have a possibility to fight for this title. We cannot talk in a different way, a few months ago we played final of Champions League and Olympiacos will put us in this level of favourites for the game. They will have good players and if we are not focused and don't take the game in our best condition we are going to suffer." Olympiacos against Tottenham match will be tonight at Karaiskakis Stadium in Athens.

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