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Pochettino fell asleep as Lionel Messi dragged Argentina into World Cup

While most of those watching the heroic exploits of Lionel Messi were transfixed, at least one member of the audience for Argentina's World Cup-salvaging win over Ecuador struggled to maintain interest.

That man was Tottenham manager (and former Albiceleste international) Mauricio Pochettino, who has admitted that he "fell asleep" before Messi scored a match-winning hat trick to haul his country from the brink of elimination and into the hat for Russia 2018.

Still, the prospect of Argentina's do-or-die clash in Quito wasn't enough to stop Poch from slipping away to the land of nod.

"If I'm honest, I fell asleep," the Spurs boss told radio station Cadena Cope.