Former Tottenham midfielder Jamie Redknapp believes his old side lack creativity and drive this season - and that the players must step up over the coming weeks.
Spurs have had a mixed start to the new season, with three wins, two draws and two defeats from their opening seven Premier League games.
A 2-1 win against Southampton on Saturday has left Spurs in fifth position in the Premier League ahead of the game between Manchester United and Arsenal tomorrow (Monday), but Redknapp said he still feels something is missing at Tottenham.
"One thing I’ve loved about Spurs in the last few years is their energy under [Mauricio] Pochettino," the former Liverpool and Spurs midfielder said, in a column for the Daily Mail.
"They were always high-tempo, high-pressing but they seem to have lost that drive this season. They have to get that back if they are to scale the heights of the last few years.
"Usually with a Pochettino team it feels like there can never be any sloppiness because if the players made any mistakes, they would not be in the team any more. They would not just outplay teams, they would outwork them too. But that looks to have gone now.
"I don’t think it is necessarily a hangover effect from their run to the Champions League final last season. They brought in a few players but it still feels like they do not have the luxury of being able to freshen up their starting XI each week. Record signing Tanguy Ndombele is starting to click and it was great to see him score again [against Southampton]."
Redknapp added that Spurs were "badly let down" by errors from Serge Aurier and Hugo Lloris against Southampton, adding that Lloris, in particularly, was a worry, although he said it is difficult to think about leaving him out of the team.
However, he said that Spurs need others need to step up going forward, with Christian Eriksen yet to hit form this season.
"One thing they are missing is creativity. Unless Christian Eriksen is playing, you really wonder where their ability to unlock defences is going to come from," he said.
"Giovani Lo Celso, who joined this summer on loan from Real Betis, was supposed to help Eriksen with the creative burden and they need the Argentine back from his hip injury as soon as possible. When you need to unlock teams, you need that player who can do something special."
