Tottenham Hotspur boss Mauricio Pochettino feels that his side will have to fight hard in order to attain a positive result against Gent tonight.

Spurs, who qualified for the Round of 32 of the Europa League after finishing third in their Champions League group, will play the first leg at the GHELAMCO-arena before welcoming the Belgian outfit to Wembley for the return leg next week.




Genk have lost just three of their 19 home games in all competitions in the present campaign, winning 14 of those matches.

And Pochettino, who is aware of Genk’s impressive home record this season, stated that Totttenham will have to battle hard if they are to return home with a positive result from Belgium.
 


“They are a young, dynamic team, aggressive and they’ve had very good performances in the Europa League”, he said in a pre-match press conference.

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“We need to be at the same level of motivation and aggression and then it’s a game we need to compete in and try to win.

“Gent play well at home and we’ll have to fight to take away a good result.”

Tottenham, who lost 2-0 to Liverpool at Anfield last weekend, presently find themselves third in the Premier League table with 50 points from 25 matches, 10 points behind leaders Chelsea.