The Argentine also recognises that Liverpool's cause last year - and Manchester United's in the current campaign - in driving towards a top-four spot has been boosted by a lack of European action.
I love the people at the club, the players, because in one-and-a-half years I enjoyed a lot because it was one of the best periods of my life
Mauricio Pochettino on Southampton
Pochettino takes his sixth-placed Spurs, who are seven points adrift of fourth-placed United, to his former club Southampton for the first time on Saturday, with the battle for European football high on the agenda.
If Arsenal beat Aston Villa in the FA Cup final at Wembley on May 30, the seventh-placed team in the Premier League will qualify for the Europa League.
"This season realistically it's very difficult to reach the top four," Pochettino said.
"But never is it a problem when you have the possibility to play in Europe. In football you need to try and take the positive result and always win.
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