Tottenham ‘might have to re-evaluate their expectations’ insists Joleon Lescott after they suffered their second loss in a row… as he claims they ‘shouldn’t be so reliant on one player’ amid James Maddison’s injury

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Joleon Lescott believes Tottenham ‘might have to re-evaluate their expectations’ and look to the January transfer window after suffering their second successive straight defeat.

Goals from Pablo Sarabia and Mario Lemina completed a stunning late comeback to deny Tottenham, after Brennan Johnson’s opener.

It follows their 4-1 defeat at the hands of rivals Chelsea where they had two players sent off, and should Man City beat Mauricio Pochettino’s side on Sunday, Spurs would be four points off the top of the table.

One key factor behind the defeat in the West Midlands was the absence of James Maddison, with Tottenham missing the injured star’s ability to progress the ball up the field and create chances.

Lescott told TNT Sports that Spurs can’t be so ‘reliant’ on one player if they are to be title contention.

Tottenham suffered their second successive loss after two late goals for Wolves

Joleon Lescott insists Tottenham might have to ‘re-evaluate their expectations’ after the loss 

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He said: ‘In the greatest respect to Spurs were we considering them as title contenders?

But now in a space of a week, it’s not over, but they might have to re-evaluate their expectations and look to the window. You can’t be that reliant on an individual.’

Joe Cole, also doing punditry work for TNT, said that Tottenham are ‘miles off it’ in terms of challenging for the title, insisting they lack the same squad depth that the likes of Manchester City and Arsenal do.

He said: ‘I’m with Joleon I didn’t consider them as a title contenders, its a lesson learned for teams. You can win seven to nine games but the Premier League is unforgiving. 

‘They lost some of their influential players and some of the players that have come in are not quite at it. 

‘If they took a point it would have taken a little momentum going into the international break. But they’re miles off it for the league. 

‘Say if Man City lost De Bruyne, he is easily replaceable for them. Arsenal are in the second stage where Spurs need to get where they’ve still got players like (Gabriel) Martinelli and (Leandro) Trossard who can come in. At Tottenham there’s not like-for like-replacements.’

Lescott also insisted Tottenham can’t be ‘reliant’ on one player amid James Maddison’s current absence due to injury – saying they need to look to the January transfer window to strengthen

Tottenham decided to bring in the defensive solidity of Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg to replace Maddison.

Cole though felt that Ange Postecoglou made a mistake with his decision.

He said: ‘Tottenham’s defensive part of their game was good. (Eric) Dier and (Ben) Davies played well. But they missed Maddison massively. 

‘Ange will reflect and he put Hojbjerg in there. Maybe he could have put (Giovani) Lo Celso. Ange is fantastic but I think maybe he could have possibly put Lo Celso in there for a little bit more control and possession.’

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