Bournemouth midfielder Harry Arter thinks Saturday's goalless Premier League draw with Tottenham showed how much the Cherries have improved since conceding eight goals in two defeats to Spurs last season.
Spurs missed the chance to go top of the table after being held to a stalemate at the Vitality Stadium in Saturday's early kick-off.
Winger Erik Lamela struck the woodwork for Pochettino's side in the first half after Cherries full-back Charlie Daniels had earlier seen his effort turned on to the crossbar by goalkeeper Hugo Lloris.
Arter said of Spurs: "They're an unbelievable side and they work ever so hard.
One thing that we had to do today was match it and for a 0-0 it was a great game to watch and that was purely down to both teams working as hard as they could.
"They haven't lost in the league season and it's easy to see why they haven't but we had a game-plan.
"We played them twice last year and they turned us over quite easily both times so it's good to see how far we've progressed and we deserved our point today."
Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe felt the draw was more satisfying than last week's 6-1 thrashing of Hull.
"I think the 90 minutes today pleased me more," he said. "I thought we were very good today when you consider who we were playing against, the quality that they have.
"I think they're an outstanding team and we came into the game wanting to go toe to toe with them, we wanted to match them, play with a real high intensity, be brave and see where it got us.
"Because of our intensity, we stopped their normal rhythm and flow, especially first half. I think it's a really valuable point for us."
