Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou accepts they're in a slump after defeat at home to Aston Villa.
Postecoglou was asked how he can fix it after the 2-1 loss.
"I think you separate it," he replied. "I said during the week I wasn't happy with way we played at Wolves, so that's a different performance. Again, it's not a game we couldn't have got a result but it was not something I was pleased in terms of the progress we need to make. Today is different. I thought today we play that game again and we keep playing in that manner when we do get everyone back, we're going to be a pretty good football side as we've already shown.
"We've just got to make sure the players stay focused on what's important right now and you need to win games of football to keep yourself in the mix to be in a strong position come the end of the year, but right now we're still building a side. What's more important is the way forward has to be with what the end goal is in mind and today was about trying to play the football we want to play.
"If we fell short, we fell short but I didn't think we fell short today. I thought it was just fine margins for us and not getting the rewards."