Tottenham Hotspur captain Michael Dawson has admitted that he thought that his side's late win over Sunderland on Sunday had secured them Champions League football for next season.

Spurs needed to win and hope that Arsenal slipped up at Newcastle United to finish in the Premier League top four, and Dawson believed they had done just that when Gareth Bale scored a late winner to give his side a 1-0 victory over the Black Cats at White Hart Lane.

However, with news incorrectly breaking that the Magpies had equalised against the Gunners, Dawson revealed his disappointment when discovering that their North London rivals picked up a 1-0 victory.

"Yeah, I thought that was it (Spurs were in top four) because of the [earlier] celebrations around the ground from our fans," Dawson told Sky Sports News.

"I didn't hear anything else, then towards the end after Gaz scored I sort of picked things up that the fans weren't as lively as we would've liked if we'd been in the top four, and you sort of got that feeling towards the end of the game."

Spurs finish the season in fifth in the Premier League.