Gareth Bale has revealed Tottenham Hotspur experienced some 'minor teething issues' in Ryan Mason's first game in charge.

The 29-year-old, who succeeded Jose Mourinho as Spurs interim manager this week, was int he dugout for Wednesday's clash with Southampton.

Spurs fought back to win 2-1, but the victory was not without some hiccups.

"Southampton came at us and pushed hard first half, we've only had a couple of days with the new manager to try and do some things so it's going to take some time," Bale said to Sky Sports.

"But we had a good chat at half-time about what we could improve and we did that second half and controlled the game and deserved the victory.

"[We need to] just to be patient, solve positional issues as a team. We've only had a couple of days to work on that so just minor teething issues. We'll continue to improve for the [Carabao Cup] final at the weekend."