Harry Winks has pulled no punches in his assessment of Tottenham's poor recent form at home and in Europe.
Recording a hard-fought 2-1 win over Southampton following their shock Carabao Cup exit at Colchester, the Lilywhites fell to a 7-2 defeat against Bayern Munich before losing 3-0 at Brighton.
Spurs hit rock bottom at the Amex with their worst display of the season and the midfielder claimed it was "unacceptable, embarrassing and painful" to lose in that manner.
Spurs do have some tough games coming up in the next few weeks and the England international has highlighted that things can change very quickly if they can string a run of results together.
"It's fine margins," he told the club's matchday programme. "We went out of the Carabao Cup on a penalty shoot-out at Colchester. Win that, no-one mentions that game.
"Leicester could have been a different story. We conceded just before half-time against Bayern Munich having played so well in the first half.
"Brighton, okay, it wasn't great to lose to a team in that manner. First of all. credit to Brighton, but we weren't good enough on the day.
"I doubt if we'll play like that again. It's important we don't allow that to happen again. It was unacceptable, embarrassing, painful.
"In many respects, that kind of performances and result wakes you up and get you back into gear.
"No-one wants to lose games, no-one wants to be in a bad run of form and we're working hard in training to get our form back.
"A run of wins and things can quickly change, confidence starts growing and you don't look back.
"It's been a difficult spell in terms of results because in the last few years we've had so many highs but, yes, the last couple of results have been difficult."
