Mauricio Pochettino says Dele Alli dive was simple case of football trickery

• Tottenham manager dismisses flashpoint as a minimal problem
• ‘Football is about tricking your opponent - one way or another’

Mauricio Pochettino has admitted Dele Alli deserved to be booked for diving at Liverpool on Sunday but he warned that overanalysing every controversy would kill the game.

The Tottenham Hotspur manager made no excuses for Alli, who went down under zero contact inside the Liverpool penalty area during the 2-2 draw. It was the third time in the midfielder’s two-and-a-half season Premier League career he has received a yellow card for diving.

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