Mauricio Pochettino: Tottenham boss might apologise to referee Mike Dean

Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino says he "went too far" and might apologize to ref Mike Dean for moving toward him on the pitch after Saturday's thrashing at Burnley.

Pochettino griped about a corner granted in the development to Burnley's opening objective in the 2-1 misfortune.

He contended with the fourth official amid the match and Clarets protector Phil Bardsley needed to pull him away when feelings overflowed at full-time.

"I committed an error," said the Argentine.

Pochettino said the "feeling and frustration" of the annihilation prompted a response which was "not ordinary".

The outcome implied Spurs, who are third, botched their opportunity to move two behind Premier League pioneers Manchester City and second-set Liverpool.

The Clarets opened the scoring not long after half-time when Chris Wood headed in Dwight McNeil's inswinging corner.

Goads striker Harry Kane - showing up since 13 January - evened out subsequent to locking on to Danny Rose's speedy toss in and jabbing past Tom Heaton, however Ashley Barnes tapped in Burnley's second late on.

"We know how vital the match was and we felt dissatisfaction," said Pochettino.

"I ought to have gone to the changing area and got some water. A doltish thing occurs and you respond. Perhaps I will go and apologize to the official.

"We lost in light of our errors, not to discover a reason or to accuse things not in our grasp. We ought to improve and at last we have to accuse ourselves.