Mauricio Pochettino hailed Tottenham’s “heroes” after his side blew away Borussia Dortmund in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie.
Spurs will travel to Germany next month with a commanding 3-0 advantage following second-half strikes from Son Heung-min, Jan Vertonghen and substitute Fernando Llorente at Wembley.
The emphatic victory came with the team once again missing key England duo Harry Kane and Dele Alli due to injury, while Vertonghen was deployed out of position at left wing-back because of the absences of Danny Rose and Ben Davies.
Although manager Pochettino was delighted with the performance of his players, he also warned that they are not yet assured a place in the quarter-finals.
“With all the circumstances we have, the team is fighting, the team is getting results. I feel so proud for that. My players are heroes,” said Pochettino.
“They deserve full credit, a lot of praise because the effort they are doing this season is amazing.”
He added: “It’s only the first leg, it’s only the first half of the tie – 3-0 is a very good result but when you have a team like Borussia Dortmund, always you need to respect and we need to think that we need to go to Dortmund with the idea to win.
“We are happy now but still a lot of work to do.”