Santini を締めるd for 'difficult moments'

A 危機 of 信用／信任 for England striker Jermain Defoe and a bad 膝 傷害 for Cameroon 星／主役にする Thimothee Atouba have left 長，率いる coach Jacques Santini admitting: "Tottenham could be coming up to some difficult moments."

Santini's new-look 刺激（する）s 味方する 苦しむd only their second 敗北・負かす of his 統治する last night at Portsmouth, where Nigerian striker Aiyegbeni Yakubu's 63rd-minute header 証明するd 決定的な.

But the former French 国家の coach is 現実主義の enough to see 可能性のある trouble ahead.

にもかかわらず making 13 調印s in the summer, his squad is looking palpably thin - and playing some of the least 控訴，上告ing football in the club's history.

It is not that Tottenham are 焦点（を合わせる）ing on defence - にもかかわらず their 記録，記録的な／記録する of just five goals 得点する／非難する／２０d and four 譲歩するd in nine league games this season, they could have gone fourth with a 勝利，勝つ at Portsmouth.

But they are 成し遂げるing without any obvious individual flair, even though they have new England エース Defoe and the 共和国 of Ireland's 最高の，を越す goalscorer Robbie Keane 主要な their attack and 支持する／優勝者s League 勝利者 Pedro Mendes in midfield.

Speaking after last night's Fratton Park 後退, Santini was 明確に not happy with Defoe who has burst の上に the international scene but not 得点する／非難する／２０d a league goal for Tottenham since August 28 when his third strike of the season （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 Birmingham City.

"It is the same with his team-mates but Jermain Defoe did not have a good game," said the Frenchman.

"He had two or three good chances and did not 得点する／非難する／２０. It is very disappointing, but a game lasts 90 minutes and my team played only 20.

"I don't know if it is 信用／信任 but we want him (Defoe) to 得点する／非難する／２０ every day and I think he wants that also.

"It is difficult when you have to play again so quickly after just coming 支援する from international games and we had 10 players away."

Cameroon midfielder Atouba will get an 施行するd 残り／休憩（する） now after 存在 担架d off with 膝 ligament 損失 in t he second half.

He will see a specialist for a 最終的な 判決, but Santini 認める: "It looks a bad 傷害 - another one.

"It is an important moment for us now. We need to （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 Bolton at home on Saturday because we play them in the Carling Cup the に引き続いて week. After those games we should be alright."

Defoe, whose England form tailed off against むちの跡s and Azerbaijan last week, should have given 刺激（する）s the lead at Portsmouth in first-half 停止 time when he 完全に 行方不明になるd his kick eight yards out に引き続いて a Keane pass.

Then in the second half he saw his 発射 superbly saved by Shaka Hislop before 解雇する／砲火／射撃ing another good chance over the 妨げる／法廷，弁護士業.

Anthony Gardner, standing in at left-支援する for 負傷させるd Erik Edman, 長，率いるd against the woodwork soon afterwards, but that was soon followed by the home 味方する's 勝利者 when Yakubu 長，率いるd his fifth of the season past Paul Robinson from Lomana Lua Lua's cross.

Yakubu had two chances earlier to put Portsmouth in 前線 and Patrik Berger was also の近くに to repeating the two-goal 爆破 which （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 Tottenham last ボクシング Day.

Yet 経営者／支配人 Harry Redknapp 賞賛するd his defenders most of all, 説: "It was 広大な／多数の／重要な to have Dejan Stefanovic 支援する for his experience after 傷害, and Andy Griffin and Linvoy Primus were 優れた 同様に.