Tottenham boss Antonio Conte says it is "impossible" for a team hoping to fight for the Champions League places to lose games the way Spurs have recently.
It leaves them eighth, five points off the top four, albeit with three games in hand over West Ham in fourth.
"I am telling you from my arrival that we have to struggle every game," said Conte, who took charge in November.
"There are a lot of jobs to do but it is not simple because the environment is used to play for Champions League, Europa League, but everyone maybe has to realise something has changed and you have to try to work to build again and we have to know this.