In a furious post-match interview, Pochettino told reporters: "At 52, you identify really quickly whether the team is ready to compete or not. Maybe this group is not mature enough to compete in games every three days. It's a new team and we are still learning about their profiles. The process always takes time. It's not a magic thing. It's a project, a three or five year process to build a team.
"We are in the semi-finals of the FA Cup. We were not in a good position in the beginning, but that's normal. We need to accept it now and work to try and fix our problems."
