Antonio Conte has called on Tottenham fans to be patient with his team.
Spurs have been rejuvenated since Conte's arrival late last year.
But the north London outfit delivered a poor performance in the 2-0 loss to Chelsea in the Carabao Cup semi-final on Wednesday.
Speaking after the game, Conte said: "There is a lot of jobs to do, in this moment, it is very difficult to understand which part you take to improve because there is a lot of situations to improve. We need time, and patience. Everyone has to have patience, because Tottenham in the last years the level has dropped a lot and now we have to fight to win every game.
"I started my experience with Tottenham and every game we have fought, and now we struggle to win the game, it wasn't a game you could say it was easy.
"We have to be humble, to understand the situation at the moment and continue to work to improve our players, then we will see. It is not simple to say go in the transfer market, in January it won't be easy and now the most important thing is to be focused and work to improve.
"We have to try to change this situation, slowly, slowly. It is impossible to change the situation in one or two transfer markets.
"There is a lot of jobs to do in Tottenham and we need a lot of time. It is important for patience and I have to have for me also to have patience."
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