Tottenham star Pedro Porro picks out one thing he 'loved' about frustrating Newcastle display

Pedro Porro has claimed he loved Tottenham's mentality against Newcastle - despite falling short at St James' Park. The Spain international full-back captained the side in the absence of Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven but he was unable to inspire his side to victory on Tyneside.

Tottenham had a number of chances in the North East but Richarlison lacked cutting edge inside the penalty area as Thomas Frank's men fired blank.

Still, Porro is refusing to get too down over the defeat as he also paid tribute to the 5000 travelling Tottenham supporters.

He told Spurs Play: “It is first very disappointing for us, for all the fans that come here today in the night on Wednesday fighting for me myself and my other teammates thank you so much for the support.

“A bad result for them, no and for us I think but I love the mentality of the team because you concede a goal in the set pieces this happens in football.

"But we stayed in the game, started the second half and we concede again. The best thing about today is the fans, thank you so much and keeping going on Saturday."

Porro previously called out the mentality of the Tottenham squad in the dressing room after the 0-0 Champions League draw at Monaco.

He felt Spurs were too flimsy on the night after conceding a whopping 23 shots on their goal. The right-back doesn't feel Tottenham performed badly against Newcastle overall, adding: “I think we played well in the first half.

"A little combination with Richarlison maybe we stay with the ball one more second for the last pass or maybe in this moment you need more people in the area, sometimes football is there.

“But I think the most important thing today is the mentality we put everything in on the pitch, you lose this game, it’s disappointing because last season we arrived in the semi final and lost in Anfield but I think for me the other team is good.

“The atmosphere is incredible. This is important for the game but we know we have another game on Saturday in the afternoon and we'll go again."

Guglielmo Vicario and Micky van de Ven will both be back to face Chelsea on Saturday. Vicario didn't travel with Spurs to the North East while Van de Ven was an unused substitute, earning some rare rest.