LONDON – Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane has called on his team to put their defeats behind them and “push” for a top-four spot in the remainder of the Premier League season.

Spurs will again rue not taking their chances on Saturday, as Spanish winger Adama Traore was on target for a spirited Wolverhampton Wanderers side in a 1-0 win at the Molineux Stadium.

Raul Jimenez, brought on as a replacement for the injured Diego Costa, sent a powerful strike at Fraser Forster in the 82nd minute that the Tottenham goalkeeper could only parry into the path of Traore, who made no mistake.

The win moved Wolves up two places to 13th in the Premier League table, while Spurs stay fourth.

The defeat was also Tottenham’s second in a row after their 1-0 loss at Sheffield United in the FA Cup last Thursday.

“It’s been tough, a really disappointing week. All we can do is look forward now,” Kane said.

“We have 12 or 13 games now to push for that top four place. The games come around quick and we have to look to the next one.”

Spurs assistant coach Cristian Stellini added that his side were simply not clinical enough after having just six shots on target from 21 attempts.

“We had some chances to score and we were not so nasty in the way to score,” he said.

“When you have chances, you have to kill the game.

“The game was under control but then in the second half we struggled a bit at the start and they found a way to score and we didn’t.”

Tottenham’s next match is against AC Milan in the Champions League on Wednesday, when they will need to overturn a 1-0 deficit from the first leg in Italy.

Wolves, who lost Costa to an apparent knee injury in the first half, failed to muster a single shot before the break, with their manager Julen Lopetegui seemingly solely intent on keeping Spurs quiet.

The Spaniard, who has guided Wolves out of the relegation zone and into midtable since taking over in November, deployed Mario Lemina in a man-marking role on Kane to great effect in the first half.

Lopetegui then made two changes at half-time, bringing on Nathan Collins for Pedro Neto and Traore for Lemina. It was the latter who swung the tide in the home side’s favour, culminating in his late goal.

“Always the three points are very, very important. Today we are very happy,” said the Wolves boss.

“In the first half they overcame us, the second half we were better.

“In the end we won, but it was a very balanced match, very hard, as are all the matches in the Premier League.

“That’s what I want to highlight to the team that in the bad moments, it’s important to keep going, keep working.” REUTERS