Mauricio Pochettino is delighted Tottenham Hotspur’s rivals have taken so much joy from their north London derby defeat to Arsenal.

Arsenal’s players revelled in their 4-2 victory on social media, with goalkeeper Bernd Leno posting a picture of the team celebrating in the dressing-room alongside the message ‘North London is red’.

Aaron Ramsey, who is not a big user of social media, posted a picture of himself on Instagram with the message ‘#sitdownhesaid’ in reference to Eric Dier’s celebration, when the Tottenham midfielder equalised.

And defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos appeared to mock Harry Kane by showing off a picture of himself standing over the Tottenham striker with his arms outstretched.

Tottenham’s defeat also sparked celebrations among Liverpool and Chelsea supporters. But, rather than becoming angry, Spurs manager Pochettino was pleased that his team’s pain had caused so much pleasure among their rivals.

“What that shows first of all is the respect that they have for us,” said Pochettino. “When the people celebrate like this, it's because people respect you and see you as a big club.

“Of course, when we arrived here, the derby was a little bit… well, it was normally Arsenal always above Tottenham. But the last two seasons we were above them and, how they celebrate, you start to see it was a massive win for them.

“For us, it was a massive disappointment but it showed the respect that we got in the last few years with our performances, with our results. Maybe we have still not won a trophy, as the people say, but the respect in the way that we are doing the things – to get the respect is the most important thing.”

Pochettino also revealed that Tottenham’s chief scout Steve Hitchen attended Liverpool’s Merseyside derby victory over Everton at Anfield and was struck by the reaction to Arsenal’s win by Liverpool fans.

“Steve was at the Liverpool game against Everton and was watching our game before in the stadium,” said Pochettino. “And when Arsenal scored the third goal all the Liverpool fans celebrated, like Arsenal celebrated afterwards.

“It’s clear we are doing something good. That respect, I love that respect. I love it when the people celebrate when they beat you. I don’t like it when the people don’t celebrate because it’s normal to beat Tottenham. That makes me feel so proud.”

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Pochettino, whose team entertain Southampton at Wembley on Wednesday night, does not use social media himself and believes that celebratory pictures should be saved for winning trophies.

Asked for his view of players celebrating a victory on social media, Pochettino replied: “Personally, I don’t like. I don’t like.

“Obviously if you win a trophy like I won when I was a player, it is a moment to celebrate. For me, this is my mentality and I don’t want to say it’s right or wrong. I love to celebrate in private and not make it public.

“If you win a trophy, of course celebrate and show the fans you are happy. It’s fantastic. But when you win, when you win a trophy, when you win something special. In the end, Arsenal-Tottenham, we are 30 points each, we are in a similar position, still a lot of things to play for.”

Despite his dislike of dressing-room selfies, Pochettino has not banned his own players from taking them.

“We don’t have a rule because you cannot be the police, to control what the players are doing in the changing room,” he said. “I accept that it is a new world. I accept that the people need (social media) because it is how you feed yourself, your ego. But I try to keep a bit away from that.”