Andy Robertson explains what Tottenham must do to bounce back from disastrous start to the season

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Andy Robertson believes Tottenham must move past previous disappointments and avoid panicking on the pitch as they work to turn their campaign around.

Spurs entered the three-week international break sitting rock bottom of the Premier League table, having gathered only two points from five fixtures.

Despite spending £380 million on 10 new arrivals during the summer transfer window, head coach Roberto De Zerbi has so far been unable to halt the cycle that has seen Spurs struggle near the foot of the table.

However, Scotland captain Robertson, who arrived following the expiry of his contract at Liverpool, insists there is enough resolve in the squad to get back on the right track.

“They have had a couple of really tough seasons in terms of finishing in the league,” the defender said on The Overlap’s Stick to Football podcast. “They have now, to be fair, had to go in the market, they have spent a bit of money, but I do believe Tottenham are now starting a journey.

“Now, I don’t know how far that journey can go, nobody does, but the determination in that group is (there). You can see last season hurt them a lot, and maybe we are still guilty of carrying that weight of last season on our shoulders.

“And that is, I suppose, the message of the manager, first and foremost. And also that kind of falls on me, on the new players – we need to forget. We need to now try and get Tottenham back to where we believe they belong.

“You just see certain moments, like the Liverpool game (3-1 Carabao Cup defeat on September 15), we played so well there in moments, and then you get a goal against you, and it is like (heads down).

“And then we go back to 2-1, and all of a sudden it’s chests out, and everyone’s wanting the ball – and we need that all the time.

“When we played Everton (0-0 draw on September 12), we dominated pretty much the whole game, but we started getting panicked near the end and we started rushing things.”

Robertson added: “I think we just need a little bit of luck, and we need a little bit more of forgetting about the past and (focusing on) how we need to move forward. I do think as the season goes and goes and goes, we will get better and better.”

The defender was not short of alternative offers once his time at Anfield came to an end, having secured two Premier League titles and won the 2019 Champions League final against Spurs in Madrid.

Yet the 32-year-old maintained that moving to Tottenham was his sole focus, provided they preserved their Premier League status.

“It was always Tottenham, as long as they stayed up,” he said. “At that point, I didn’t quite want to go to the Championship with Tottenham, so I ended up then getting invested in Tottenham.

“I was like watching Tottenham. Especially when De Zerbi came in, I was fully confident.

“They showed their interest first, and they really wanted me, and I was happy with how much they wanted me.”