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Tottenham Hotspur boss Mauricio Pochettino has aimed a thinly-veiled dig at Liverpool and their lack of success in domestic cup competitions under Jurgen Klopp this season.

While leading the Premier League table and progressing to the last 16 of the Champions League, the Reds were dumped out of the League Cup and the FA Cup at the first hurdle by Chelsea and Wolverhampton Wanderers respectively.

By contrast, Tottenham - who are nine points behind Liverpool in third place - are still in both the League Cup and FA Cup as well as the reaching the Champions League knockout stages.

That workload has been highlighted as a reason for their growing injury list, with Dele Alli this week joining Harry Kane in being likely to be sidelined until March.

But Pochettino, speaking ahead of Tottenham's League Cup semi-final second leg at Chelsea on Thursday, offered a withering response to suggestions his squad isn't strong enough by pointing to Liverpool being out of action at present.

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"I saw Liverpool is now in Dubai and all the pundits say Liverpool have the best squad with Manchester City," he said.

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"We are still involved in four competitions, what happens tomorrow and what happens Sunday (in the FA Cup fourth round at Crystal Palace) I am still happy with my squad."