Tottenham will look to put a bad week behind them when Mauricio Pochettino's old club Southampton visit north London on Saturday.Spurs were left feeling hard done by at Leicester last weekend after a tight offside called, awarded after a VAR review, cancelled out a goal which would have put them 2-0 up in the second half at King Power Stadium.
The Foxes then produced a late comeback to condemn Pochettino's men to a 2-1 loss, their second of the season.
That was followed by a shock Carabao Cup exit at the hands of League Two outfit Colchester, who claimed the scalp of Tottenham via a penalty shoot-out.
The two setbacks make up what is Spurs' worst start to a season in nine years and, ahead of the visit of Southampton, Pochettino has admitted the fans are right to criticise recent performances.
He said: "During my nearly five years, it has all been praise for Tottenham. How good we are, how we work in different ways, how nice is the coach, how nice is the club.
"Now if we deserve to be criticised, we need to accept that. If we don't get the result people expect, then we need to accept the criticism."
Pochettino will hope to get back on track against his former club, who have lost on seven of their last eight visits to Tottenham.
The Saints were also beaten last time out in the Premier League, going down to a 3-1 defeat at home to Bournemouth.
They bounced back in midweek as they won the sout- coast derby against Portsmouth in the Carabao Cup and head coach Ralph Hasenhuttl says that triumph was a morale-boosting result.
Southampton, who have won their last four away matches in all competitions, have a near fully-fit squad to choose from for Saturday's game, with Moussa Djenepo the only confirmed absentee.
Tottenham are in a similar situation, with Pochettino confirming Giovani Lo Celso won't be back until after October's international break due to a hip injury, while Ryan Sessegnon is still under going treatment for a hamstring issue.