Mauricio Pochettino was back in front of the press on Thursday as he previewed this weekend's game against Southampton after a difficult week in north London.
Losing on penalties to League Two side Colchester United on Tuesday evening after falling to a late 2-1 defeat at Leicester City three days earlier, the Argentine is currently going through one of the toughest periods during his time in north London.
Spurs need to get back on track as soon as possible and it's vital that they get three points on the board when Saints visit N17 on Saturday.
With the team needing to improve in a number of areas on the pitch, Pochettino pinpointed what they must soon fix and where they are actually better in than last season.
Asked what is the biggest problem that he currently faces, he said: "Different circumstances that happen in the team. We need to work.
"I think when you assess, because that is our responsibility, in offensive situations, in possession percentages, I think we are better than last season.
"But after it's about when you don't have the ball, I think we need to be more consistent [here]. Because that is the problem – collectively we need to press better. We need to more tough out of possession.
"It's true that we improve our percentage in possession, that we dominate more than last season.
"I was talking with some players … it's like when you go with your friends to play 4v4 or 5v5. No-one wants to go in goal. So you say, come on, every five minutes we are going to rotate.
"You want to play with the ball. You don't want to be chasing people, and running in behind. And maybe we lose this balance.
"We want the ball, more than before; we dominate the games more; we create maybe more chances; we shoot more but there is another part of the game – when you don't have the ball, to be all together, to be on the same page, the will to recover the ball. I think we drop a little bit in this collectively.
"It affects the [whole] picture. Because when the opponents scores the goal, always it's going to appear the keeper and then the centre-backs and the full-backs, and the holding midfield but I think we drop a little bit in this.
"And that is not talking about talent or positional game. That is about the will to recover this aggressivity, all together to be in the same page and enjoy the same when you have the ball and when you don't have the ball.
"That is, for me, the key point that we need to fix. That is the problem on the team. Because leading the games how we have been leading and then you lose the game, it's because we need to be more ruthless, more strong, more tough, more aggressive.
"Because if you are losing the game, you are going to go forward and you need to keep your composure."
