He insisted the pressure for Sunday’s game in the FA Cup is unchanged as it's a knockout fixture that demands a result.
He emphasized that even with a better outcome in the Carabao Cup, the need to win against Aston Villa was paramount.
The Spurs boss stated: “I think it's the same pressure, it's a knockout games, so you know you've got to get a result to progress and had it gone any better last night, it wouldn't have made any difference to Sunday. It's still a game you have to win to progress, so the pressure's the same.
“Given that Sunday's the last of a long run of Thursday, Sunday games every week, what does next week look like in terms of what's going to happen there?
“We'll assess that after Sunday, but I we know we've got two clear weeks. There's a number of our players who are scheduled to come back during that time, so we'll use it wisely to rest the guys who need rest, and certainly there's a fair few of them that need some rest and also hopefully get some work into the guys who have been out for quite a while to be ready for the challenge ahead because I think these two weeks we've got now will be really valuable for the finish of our season.”