Tottenham Hotspur were beaten at the weekend, but Harry Winks insists that Mauricio Pochettino’s side are making progress.
Tottenham were beaten 3-1 by Wolverhampton Wanderers at Wembley, in a damaging blow to their title chances.
Spurs had just moved above Manchester City and into second place, as they began to put some pressure on Liverpool.
However, just as it seemed Tottenham were in the title race, they were beaten by Wolves.
Rival fans were quick to ridicule Spurs, with a familiar criticism about their lack of winning mentality being brought up again.
But Winks said: “Listen, when people use the word Spursy on social media, that is their own opinion. They are entitled to that. But inside the club we know how good we are, we know how far we can go, we have belief, regardless of this result.
“It shows how well we are doing this year to be considered title contenders and to be sitting here disappointed that we aren’t closer to the top.
“We have high expectations ourselves and, if we don’t come away with a win against Wolves at home, we get frustrated at that. It shows how high our standards are at the moment and how ambitious we are.
“We said before the game that it was must-win so to come away with a defeat has left the dressing room feeling very down. Everyone is fuming, but it is football. We are still in the race.”
The only way for Tottenham to realistically stop the comments about them failing to perform when under pressure is to win a trophy.
Spurs have made great progress in recent times, but Mauricio Pochettino’s men have not won major silverware since 2008.
Tottenham are next in action tomorrow when they take on Cardiff City looking to get back to winning ways.
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