Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino has warned his side may have to accept the height of their current capabilities is to be a top-four club.

Spurs, who were in the title race until a fortnight ago, are now battling just to hold on to their place in the Champions League qualification places after their winless run was extended to four games with a poor 2-1 defeat at Southampton.

Pochettino's side were in complete control after a dominant first half which saw Harry Kane score his 200th career goal.

"To be in a very good position at the end of the season, maybe we need to understand that it is our limit to be there.

"If it is our limit, we need to take some decisions in the future."

Pochettino accused his players of showing arrogance in the second half at St Mary's and insisted they need more to get to the next level.

"I cannot come here and say, 'everything is so good, we have fantastic staff and the manager, I am amazing'," he said.

"I don't think anyone expected us to get anything but with the belief that we showed and the character in the second half, that epitomises everything the manager has brought into the team and the club.

"That's the Southampton we know.

"We put in a good solid performance against Fulham and at Manchester United we played well and should have come away with something more.

"Today that epitomises what we are as a team and a club."