Tottenham boss Martin Jol was critical of his players after Monday's defeat at Newcastle.

He pointed to more defensive mistakes and claimed that was the main reason why a team with Champions League ambitions have found themselves in the bottom three.

Jol said: "I was trying to analyse it and it's not an easy place to go. We've conceded more goals than almost any other team in the League and it is avoidable.

"I can be angry but we know the answers. It's a question of being at the end of corners, free-kicks around the box, crosses, block the shots.

"Some 70 or 80 per cent of the goals we give away are from set plays, even throw-ins.

"If Michael Dawson and Younes Kaboul are letting free headers in, you have to educate them.

"Other teams play like that but come out with a result. But if you concede goals like the first two then it's impossible to come out with a result at a place like Newcastle."

He then took a swipe at former Spurs skipper turned Setanta TV pundit Tim Sherwood, who claimed the manager was not working hard enough on the training ground to resolve the faults.

Jol fumed: "I do more on the training pitch on set-plays than any other club because I've got to do more.

"But still it's about physical presence and mental toughness. If he said that, it was a misjudgment. It's not all about me."