Tottenham lack the necessary maturity and discipline to be title contenders this season.

That is the view of Dejan Kulusevski, who has admitted their inferiority to the top three teams.

Spurs were beaten 3-2 at home by Arsenal in the Premier League on Sunday, with Kulusevski aware that they have to improve.

Spurs winger Kulusevski stated post-game: “They are much more disciplined. Much more disciplined and a little bit more mature. That is where we are lacking at the moment. They score on corners. We concede. It is quite easy. You can also see on the second goal it is too easy. A long ball from Kai Havertz to Bukayo Saka and it is 2-0. Of course we have to improve on that here.

“It is always the bigger picture in sport. But then we have to take responsibility. We have to win games. We have to improve. If we are not doing that then people are of course going to be disappointed. We have to grow because you cannot concede easy goals like that. The football is quite good. But we have to improve here.

“Mentality is important. It is all in life. That is the only thing that matters. The head. You can be how good you want in football but you've got to be strong in every situation. Of course, they, Arsenal have obviously done that in the last period. They fight to win the league. We still have to do that. We are improving in other areas. We still lack a little bit in that part.

“I don't think it is about ambition. I think everybody wants to win but then you have to sacrifice a lot for that. It is a lot. Talking about mentality, do you think it is easy to be down 3-0 at half time and then go out and play 3-2 against the ones that are first? That is also mentality. Second half was unbelievable.

"We are showing it, it is just that you have to show it for 90 minutes. If not it is difficult. We are showing it in bits but we have to do it much more consistently."