Igor Tudor admitted his task at Tottenham may be the biggest rescue job of his career as they look to avoid Premier League relegation.
Spurs currently sit 16th in the top-flight, just four points above 18th-place West Ham with 11 games left to play.
Their position in the table led to Thomas Frank’s dismissal earlier this month, with Tudor being named as Spurs’ head coach until the end of the season.
However, a 4-1 defeat to rivals Arsenal in the Croat’s first game in charge means that Spurs remain the only side without a Premier League victory so far in 2026, failing to win any of their nine matches (D4 L5).
The Opta supercomputer is only giving Spurs a 4.6% chance of being relegated to the Championship.
Tudor has a reputation for immediate impacts at previous clubs, including Lazio and Juventus, but he acknowledged the scale of the job required at Spurs.
"If I recognised the difficulties there are, probably yes [it is the biggest]," he said in his pre-match press conference ahead of facing Fulham on Sunday.
"It's an even bigger motivation that we do it."
Only once before have Tottenham gone 10 Premier League games without victory, doing so between January and March 1994 under Osvaldo Ardiles.
In the north London derby, Tudor opted for a 3-5-2 formation, but Spurs have won just one of their last 10 league games when playing three at the back (D3 L6) and none of their last six (D2 L4).
Given their recent run of form, Tudor, who is looking to avoid becoming the first Spurs boss to lose his first two league games in charge since Martin Jol in November 2004, highlighted the importance of getting results over trying to implement a specific style.
"There's not too much time to think about performance or style," he added.
"Every game needs to be prepared in that way: How are we going to take the points? One way or the other way.
"Unfortunately, it's for me very clear. I'm not that kind of coach who doesn't want to cure style, how we perform – but in this moment, it's not possible to think about those kind of things."
Tudor also confirmed Pedro Porro and Kevin Danso are back in training and in line to potentially return at Craven Cottage.
It is a needed boost, with Spurs also returning to Champions League action soon; they qualified in the top eight to book an automatic place in the round of 16, with the draw taking place on Friday.
However, with their injury-hit squad struggling to keep up with the hectic schedule, Tudor conceded that the extra games made things more difficult.
"I don't think too much about the draw. It doesn't change for me, nothing," Tudor said.
"It's a beautiful competition to play; everyone wants to play. The problem is the lack of numbers we have in the team. There's the problem. If you need to play every three days with 10,12, 13...
"Also, it's not only about spending physical energy but also mental energy when every game for us in the league is a final. Not an ideal situation."