Pedro Porro spoke in the aftermath of Tottenham's 2-0 Carabao Cup defeat

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...