Roberto De Zerbi apologises for Newcastle defeat but insists Spurs ‘will not panic’

Roberto De Zerbi has apologised for Tottenham’s dire start to the new Premier League season but insists the club will not panic after back-to-back losses. Spurs succumbed to another bruising defeat on Saturday as Newcastle came away from north London with a 2-0 win, with reborn stars Yoane Wissa and Anthony Elanga on the scoresheet. It comes after the disastrous opening loss to Brentford , with Spurs now sitting rock bottom in the table despite spending £320m in the summer. De Zerbi has stressed that after only just avoiding relegation last term, Tottenham cannot expect to flip their fortunes around in the space of one transfer window and is not dwelling on the early bad results. "We will not panic,” he told Sky Sports. “I know very well where we are going, what the plan is and what difficult problems we could find in our way. “I am sorry for the fans and sorry for the players for the result but we have to improve and to change two seasons like the last two is impossible in 10 days and with people in the transfer market. “ We have to work hard on the pitch and find the connection with the players because last season before the end of the season we were in the Championship and we stayed up together. "Now we have to keep clam and focus on improvement. We have a great squad and great players, we can't use all the players we brought but if we work in this way and believe in ourselves I think we will change the last two seasons. “If the rush is more important than the journey we can't find the solutions to the last two seasons." Roberto De Zerbi is not panicking after another defeat for Spurs (Reuters) With Tottenham’s terrible home record bleeding into a new season, De Zerbi told fans to “forget the result” and believed his side were the better team for much of the game. "Disappointed for the result because until the first goal we conceded I think we played better than Newcastle,” he told BBC Sport. “We lost ball possession in the first half because we didn't defend in the right way, the distance between the defenders and attackers was too big. "We can improve in the defensive phases but today was an unfair result.”