Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino says "the fans are right to criticise" after their poor start to the season.

Spurs have eight points from six Premier League matches and were knocked out of the Carabao Cup by League Two Colchester United on Tuesday.

Tottenham reached the Champions League final and finished fourth in the league last season.

"If we don't get the results that people expect, we need to accept the criticism," said Pochettino

"For nearly five years it was all praise for Tottenham. Now, if we deserve to be criticised, we need to accept that.

"Sometimes critics can make you realise you need to wake up," said Argentine Pochettino.

"Damage has happened that we need to fix. We are, at the moment, fixing problems to try to be better and get the results we expect.

"We're not so far away. Our performances are not as bad as the feeling creates. I'm sure that we are going to start to win games, but we need to find the solution."