Igor Tudor: Tottenham head coach says 'no time for excuses' ahead of first game against Arsenal

Tottenham head coach Igor Tudor insists there is “no time to find excuses” and vowed he will not play for draws as he aims to move the club away from relegation trouble.

Tudor was appointed as Spurs head coach on a deal until the end of the season.

The Croatian replaced Thomas Frank, who was sacked after an eight-game winless run, which has left Spurs 16th in the Premier League table and only five points above the drop zone.

In his first interview since his appointment on Saturday, Tudor wants to inject "confidence" and "courage" into the underperforming side.

"The team needs, first of all, to get some confidence, to get some courage, but also in the same way, the concrete things in the pitch.

"I'm coming here knowing the situation is not easy. There is no time to find excuses.

"What I said from the first day here [is] each of us, each of the players need to give something more, something extra, because the position of the club in this moment is not [one] that anybody can accept. Every fan of Tottenham cannot accept the situation. We are aware of that, but it's not enough to just be aware of that."