SKIPP JUMPS IN TO DEFEND UNDER-PRESSURE BOSS NUNO

NUNO ESPIRITO SANTO has the total backing of the Tottenham dressing room.

That’s the message from the club’s England Under-21 star Oliver Skipp (left) ahead of this afternoon’s home date with Aston Villa.

While Dean Smith’s Midlands outfit are in redhot form, Spurs have dropped from top of the Premier League to mid-table after three hefty

defeats on the spin. The last of those, a 3-1 battering at bitter rivals Arsenal seven days ago, sparked talk that new manager Santo is already under pressure.

But Skipp insists everyone inside the camp is behind the underfire Portuguese coach – and that Thursday’s 5-1 Europa Conference League rout of Mura provided indisputable proof.

The midfielder, 21, said: “As a group we are fully aware that in those last few games, we haven’t been at our best.

“We’re definitely still behind the manager – and trying to implement stuff that we are working on. It was always going to take time.

“It was important just to get that feeling of winning again.”

Arguably, just as important was the 20-minute second-half hat-trick from sub Harry Kane.

Kane is still without a league goal but Skipp insists that is down to the service – or lack of it – feeding the lethal striker and reckons others need to weigh in by finding the net as well.

He added: “There’s a lot of people that need to contribute and are more than capable of doing so.”

Kane remains an inspirational figure to all at Tottenham.

Skipp said: “For the young players, especially, just to watch and see what he does, to take little things from his game and try to implement them into your game, only helps you.”