Igor Tudor identifies where Tottenham are lacking after Fulham loss

Igor Tudor offered a scathing assessment of where his Tottenham side are lacking following their defeat to Fulham.

In his second game in charge of the north London club Tudor's side were beaten 2-1 at Craven Cottage, with a second-half goal from Richarlison not enough to inspire a fightback following early goals from Harry Wilson and Alex Iwobi.

The result leaves Spurs winless in their last ten Premier League games, a run that has seen them claim four points from a possible 30.

With just 10 games remaining, they currently sit just four points from safety and Tudor laid bare the scale of the problem facing the club as they attempt to avoid relegation after 49 consecutive seasons in the top flight.

"I cannot tell you anything new," Tudor said following their latest defeat.

"We need to find the forces inside each of us. I said to the players: ‘It’s always what you’re going to do, what you want to do with yourself,’ you know? More personality, more wish to do before reacting, plenty of things."

We are lacking when we attack, we lack the quality to score the goal.

Igor Tudor following Tottenham's defeat to Fulham

He continued: "We are lacking when we attack, we lack the quality to score the goal.

"We are lacking in the middle to run and we are lacking behind to stay there to suffer and not concede the goal. So, an amazing situation. Amazing.”

With an increasingly arduous task ahead of him in the coming weeks and months the former Juventus boss accused his players of lacking "brain".

Despite their dismal run in the league Spurs' form on the continent has remained remarkably unaffected this season, and they breezed through to the round of 16 in the UEFA Champions League after losing just one game during the league phase.

In last week's draw it was announced that Tottenham would face Atletico Madrid in the knockout stage, with the first leg at the Estadio Metropolitano set for 10th March.

Before then they will return to Premier League action on Thursday as they look to get a result against the last team they beat in the league, Crystal Palace.