Mauricio Pochettino wants Tottenham to show their naughty side

Firstly, spurs are still a dirty team, matured or no.

Secondly, bias aside, Arsenal definitely do not dive more than spurs. Guendouzi dives sometimes and he absolutely shouldnt, but people look at that huddersfield match, where the ref gave 3 yellows for simulation when at least 2 of them were legitimate fouls, and bade their opinion on that (one of the worse traits found in football - people basing their opinion off of 1 game).

People have been saying that Arsenal are dirty this season when in reality they are just not letting teams walk all over them. If we retaliate or show strength its our players "losing their heads" while other teams are just "showing some backbone". The media knows that riling up arsenal fans gets clicks and attention so why would they change a tried and tested method?

And third, just because he gets fouled doesnt mean that he doesnt also dive. Those two aren't mutually exclusive.

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