MOUSA DEMBELE has hit out at Andre Villas-Boas' critics and insists the Tottenham squad are fully behind their manager.

Villas-Boas had to answer questions about his future last week after Spurs lost 6-0 at Manchester City.

A host of pundits, including Gary Neville, Alan Shearer and Jamie Carragher, all criticised Villas-Boas and his team in the wake of the thrashing.

Former Spurs chairman Alan Sugar also criticised Villas-Boas' tactics earlier, but Dembele (pictured) is standing firmly behind his boss.

Asked if the recent criticism of Villas-Boas had been fair, the Tottenham midfielder said, "No, of course not. The manager is working hard to give everyone confidence."

And there appears to be no doubt that the Spurs squad are fully behind their manager.

"Of course (we are)," Dembele added.

Fixtures

The Londoners have tricky fixtures against Liverpool, Southampton and Manchester United over the next month, but they will be big favourites to return to winning ways at Fulham tomorrow.

Meanwhile, Roberto Soldado admits his goal return for Tottenham is much less than he would have hoped for following his big-money move from Valencia – but he is confident of better times to come.

He has struck six goals in all competitions, but half of those have come from the penalty spot, and the 28-year-old concedes he expected to do better.

Asked if he had found the back of the net as often as he would have liked, Soldado said: "No. Definitely not. Much less. A lot of my goals have come from the penalty spot."

Soldado, who was a prolific scorer in Spain for Valencia and Getafe prior to his switch to the Premier League, believes Spurs fans will see more from him.

"I want to score more goals than I am at the moment. That is why they signed me. I have been doing it all my career," he said.

"I haven't done so far here, but I am convinced I will get there."

Tottenham travel to Fulham tomorrow as they look for a first Premier League win in five matches.