Tudor refuses to sugar-coat Spurs slump: 'Belief' needed to avoid first relegation since 1977 | OneFootball

Tottenham interim boss Igor Tudor has said he will not hide his feelings with his under-performing team.

Tudor has lost both fixtures since taking charge at Tottenham earlier this month, conceding six goals in London Derby defeats to Arsenal and Fulham.

Spurs are without a win in 10Premier League games, the club's longest winless run since 1994. Their wretched run of results has left the North Londoners just four points above the bottom three and fighting against a first relegation since 1977.

Tudor blasted the team's 'bad habits' and performance following the weekend defeat at Fulham and has insisted he will not suger-coat criticism of his struggling side.

Speaking ahead of tomorrow's clash with Crystal Palace, Tudor told the media on Wednesday: "I feel better now. Of course, there was emotions and some disappointment after the game because we are working hard with the players on what they need to do, but the result didn't come.

"Of course it was a little bit disappointing, but that's how we should feel [after a game like that]. We need to be angry and disappointed. I won't be the guy who says everything is perfect, smiles and acts like nothing has happened.

"Also it's about me, personally, sending a message to everyone that I do not accept the situation - but we move on. We had a good but short period to prepare for this next game and I have seen the guys react really well.

"We need to be optimistic about tomorrow's game. We play at home against a good team, but we're in our stadium and in front of our fans. We need to have belief that we have enough quality to do it [stay up in thePremier League].

"My point is to give both things to the players, this is how my job works in this sport. I'm trying to touch the players in all kinds of ways.

"I've seen a good willingness to change. We need something to change, of course, and I have seen small progress.

"Tomorrow we need to keep going in the direction I believe we need to take and put out a good performance as a team."