Pochettino, however, is determined not to obsess about local bragging rights and has urged all at White Hart Lane to adopt a similar approach.
"The last few weeks have been tough, (but) we are still in a great position... We need to look at ourselves, not at our neighbour," Pochettino told British media.
Tottenham were Leicester City's closest challengers for the title but a 2-2 draw at Chelsea last week handed the trophy to the midlands club and ended Spurs' hopes of a first English top-flight crown since 1961.
"We need to start to think like a big club, not worrying about what's happening in another house. We still need to learn a lot of things - we need to keep improving into next season," Pochettino said.
"We need to change that mentality, to be strong and this is what we need to change to be a big, big, big club."
(Reporting by Shravanth Vijayakumar in Bengaluru, editing by Ed Osmond)
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