A Tottenham defeat at Swansea, and an Arsenal victory against Reading this weekend will see Arsene Wenger's men cut the gap to one point having played one match less.We have done excellent enough to bridge the gap before, but now with two league defeats our opponents are closer to us and we have to recognise this change.Tottenham fans who spent much of the drab 1-0 home defeat to Fulham biting their nails are aware, of course, that their team has been in this position before.Villas-Boas admitted he has his work cut out if he is to achieve the target of Champions League qualification handed to him by Daniel Levy when he replaced Harry Redknapp last summer.Last year they threw away a 10-point lead over their bitter north London rivals and, although Villas-Boas is convinced his team are made from stronger stuff this year, he knows they must start winning soon.The Portuguese estimates his team will require 70-72 points to finish inside the top four, meaning Spurs will only be able to afford to lose two matches in a tough run-in which includes fixtures against Manchester City, Chelsea, Everton and Swansea.We have to get our act together for the rest of the fixtures to achieve our objective, said the Spurs boss, who saw his team battered 4-1 by Inter Milan in between their two domestic defeats.
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