Tottenham Hotspur head coach Roberto De Zerbi has said transferring confidence to his squad has been the secret to turning results around.
Spurs secured a second consecutive Premier League win after beating Aston Villa on Sunday to climb out of the relegation places.
Goals from Conor Gallagher and Richarlison earned the North Londoners a 2-1 win at Villa Park.
Those wins have ended a 15-game winless run in the Premier League that has dragged Spurs into the survival fight. The win at Villa saw Spurs climb above West Ham, a point above the drop zone, with three games to go.
De Zerbi: Spurs squad must ‘believe in themselves’
Speaking at his post-match press conference, De Zerbi outlined his belief in the squad, and said the challenge for him is to make the squad believe in themselves.
“Listen, I’m honest. I have one face. If I say Kolo Muani, Gallagher, Palhinha and all our players are great level, big level, it’s because I feel,” he said.
“I don’t want to sell something if I don’t believe in my words. I’m lucky because I’m working with very good players, good people and very good players.
“My work, my job is just to transfer the confidence, to believe in themselves and to try to be stronger than the defeat, stronger that the position of the table, stronger than the words all of you normally say about Tottenham – and to show passion, to show value, humility, pride.
“The crucial thing now is to keep in our heads what was the situation before the Wolverhampton game. This is the most important memory to keep in our heads because in football it’s very easy to change.
“If you lose you are stupid, if you win you are a champion. No, we have to find the balance. We have to work this week, because Leeds is another very tough game and to remember in ourselves what we have done in the past, in the last month.”
