Mauricio Pochettino wants Spurs players to look in the mirror after 2nd defeat

Tottenham Hostspur coach, Mauricio Pochettino has asked his players to look inwards after their loss at home in the UEFA champions league rather than blame unfamiliar Wembley Stadium surroundings for a second "embarrassing" home Champions League defeat on Wednesday.

Mauricio Pochetino

A 1-0 loss to Bayer Leverkusen means Tottenham have been beaten in both group E games at their cavernous adopted home, and their hopes of reaching the last 16 hangs by a thread.

Kevin Kampl's second-half goal punished Tottenham for a shoddy display bereft of spark and took the north London club's losing streak at the national stadium to six matches stretching back to a League Cup victory over Chelsea in 2008.

Pochettino, however, said there was no point regretting the club's decision to shift Champions League home games to Wembley from their White Hart Lane ground which has a reduced capacity because of ongoing construction works.

"Tell me a place that's better to play than here?," Pochettino, whose side lost 2-1 to Monaco in their opening group game, told reporters. "It's impossible to find another ground better than Wembley.

"We don't have the freedom to play and show real quality. After two games at Wembley, both have been poor. It is not an excuse, it is the truth.