Hugo Lloris has called on Tottenham to show greater resilience this season if they are to end their trophy drought.

Spurs scraped into the top four despite suffering 13 defeats last season — the same number as newly promoted Wolves, who finished seventh — and Lloris says they are determined to turn some of those losses into draws or victories.

“One thing that we try to improve this season: if you cannot win, it’s important to not lose the game, especially against an opponent like Manchester City,” said the goalkeeper, who impressed on his 300th appearance for the club, Saturday’s 2-2 draw against the champions.

“If you want to stay in contact with the best team in the Premier League, it’s important to get this feeling. There were some games that we lost [last term] that we should have drawn. We all know the difficulty of playing at City, so it’s a good feeling to build confidence."

“With humility, Liverpool and City are the real contenders,” Lloris added. “We’re going to try our best to challenge for top spot, but it’s difficult to find the consistency.

“We just need to try to use the experience of the last few years in the best way and it’s about details — to not lose a game, especially a game you do not deserve to win. You draw, you take a point and it’s very good because your rivals share the point with you.

“Now it’s just to keep the consistency. Consistency is the key.”

Kyle Walker-Peters, Spurs’s young right-back, has been catapulted into the first team following the summer sale of Kieran Trippier and the 22-year-old coped well with City’s dizzying array of forward talent, despite losing Sterling for their opening goal.

Lloris said of the defender: “The credit belongs to the manager and the coaching staff. They’re used to giving opportunities to young players from the academy and they can take it or not.

“It’s up to the players. But Kyle is not a novice: for a few years now, he’s been working every day with us. He knows exactly the principles and the demands of the gaffer and now he just needs experience. He had a few big games last season like Barcelona away, he tried to use it in the best way to improve and be like he has done in the last few games.

“He has showed his quality in the last few seasons in training. We all know the difficulty of repeating that in games, but we’ve all seen his potential. Now the most difficult for him is ahead. When you get to this level you have to stick to this level and try to improve and he’s at the right place, with the manager, coaching staff and his team-mates. We try to look after players to show the right way. He’s got the right mentality.”

Harry Winks added: “Kyle is a top player, he’s shown in glimpses last season how good he is. It’s going to be a big season for him to step up and perform.

“The last two games he’s been excellent. There is no bigger test than away to City so to perform the way he did is excellent for him. We’re all really happy for him.”