Tottenham boss Antonio Conte believes his side must get nasty if they have any hopes of getting back into the top four.
The London club are presently adrift of the Champions League positions in the Premier League.
As they look to chase down Newcastle United and Manchester United in third and fourth, Conte had words for his players.
Asked about their lack of clean sheets this week, Conte said: This is not a topic for one player or another player. When I speak, I always speak about the team.
We attack with all the team and defend with all the team. For this reason, I think we have to try to improve in this aspect altogether with humility and to find a way again to be nasty in the way that last season we showed many times.
Many times we won games fighting a lot, suffering a lot, maybe sometimes we didn't deserve it but in the end we won. And at the end, we finished fourth. I think this is very simple. We can't lose what we created last season, the solidity, the desire to defend the result, the desire to win duels and don't lose the nastiness.
I always use a word. A team that wants to win, to be stable has to be a resilient team. We have to show in every game, to be resilient and this is not simple but I think this is the key."