Tottenham are right to prioritise Premier League title over Europa League, says Borussia Dortmund star Marco Reus 

Tottenham are right to prioritise the Premier League title over winning the Europa League, according to Borussia Dortmund star Marco Reus.

The Germany international scored in Dortmund's 3-0 Europa League victory over Spurs last Thursday and believes Mauricio Pochettino's men have other priorities after they fielded a weakened side at the Signal Iduna Park.

Tottenham are currently second in the Premier League after beating Aston Villa 2-0 on Sunday and are five points behind leaders Leicester.

Marco Reus believes Tottenham are right to prioritise the Premier League title over the Europa League

Tottenham celebrate during Sunday's win over Aston Villa and are second in the Premier League table

Reus scored in Dortmund's 3-0 Europa League win as Tottenham fielded a weakened side in Germany

Spurs are currently second in the Premier League table and are five points behind leaders Leicester

Reus does not blame Tottenham for focusing on the Premier League title over success in Europe and, ahead of Thursday's second leg at White Hart Lane, told SPORT1: ‘I do believe that they took the game seriously. But we are currently in such good form that we would still have beaten their best team, however their team has other priorities. 

'I think Tottenham are giving priority to winning the Premier League and you can’t blame them.’

Dortmund are also flying high in the Bundesliga and are just five points off reigning champions Bayern Munich following Sunday's win over Mainz. 

However, Reus would not be drawn on whether Dortmund could win the German title and insisted: 'That I can’t answer. That can’t be answered. We can only try and influence the outcome by bringing our best performances, and I will bring my best performances. 

'We have come so far and we can only concentrate on ourselves and ignore any distractions. That has worked well for us so far in 2016.

'We are currently playing really good football. We need to stick with it and maintain the high levels we expect of ourselves.'  

Reus congratulates Shinji Kagawa during the win over Mainz and Dortmund are now five points off top spot