Aston Villa boss Dean Smith has dismissed talk that Tottenham are struggling under new head coach Nuno Espirito Santo.
A poor performance from Spurs in their north London derby defeat at Arsenal last week came on the back of disappointing losses to Crystal Palace and Chelsea.
"It always makes me smile that a manager can be nominated for manager of the month one month and then a month later everybody is talking that they are in crisis – and they're certainly far from that," he said.
“Yes, they have had an indifferent month but that can happen. This league is a tough league to play in and they won their first three games without conceding a goal.
“Now all of a sudden they're struggling defensively, I don't buy into any of that personally. They've got a very, very good squad of players, I've got an awful lot of respect for Nuno and believe he will do a good job.
“We're certainly very respectful of the Tottenham team they have there and well prepared accordingly."
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