Tottenham goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes believes a lack of concentration is damaging their bid for Champions League football next season.

A 1-0 defeat at Wolves - their second to Mick McCarthy's side in the space of two months - meant Spurs missed the chance to take advantage of fourth-placed Liverpool's defeat at Arsenal.

Manager Harry Redknapp bemoaned a lack of "magic" within his team but Gomes thinks it was even more basic than that.

Spurs opened their campaign with a victory over Liverpool but have also lost to Stoke and drawn against the likes of Hull, Fulham, Birmingham and Bolton.

It is results like those which are damaging the chances of a first Champions League campaign for the club, according to Gomes.

"We lose a little bit of concentration for games like this," said the Brazilian goalkeeper.

"The best sides win these games and that makes the difference in the table."

Gomes added in the London Evening Standard: "It was our most disappointing result of the season.

"Away from home, we normally play very well but not in this game. We were poor.

"We had just one chance to score in the first half and in the second half we created nothing.

"It was a difficult day but we have to forget about it and concentrate on Sunday's match against Bolton in the FA Cup."

Spurs have now won just once in the last six Barclays Premier League matches and have scored three league goals in 2010.

That the run has coincided with a groin injury to winger Aaron Lennon has not gone unnoticed but Redknapp dismissed suggestions they were struggling to hit top form without the England international.

"We have been playing well. It is difficult to put your finger on it but we ran out of ideas (against Wolves)," he said.

"It was only when we got the ball to Gareth Bale and David Bentley we looked like we could break them.

"Other than that we lacked a little bit of magic from someone to do something special.

"We're not sure when Aaron Lennon will be back, we just have to wait and see.

"He has not joined in training yet but he is a lad who can open up teams for you.

"But we have played great without him."

With the industry and desire shown by Wolves against Spurs, McCarthy has no doubts about his players' will to survive at the other end of the table.

"One thing we have got is endeavour, team spirit and togetherness," said the Wanderers boss, who gathered his squad together in a huddle on the pitch at the end of the game to emphasise the importance of a victory which lifted them out of the relegation zone.

"We may lack other attributes but those things have never been in doubt. I have never lost hope or belief in my players."

McCarthy said he had not let the squad become disheartened by a run of six league matches without a win before the Spurs victory.

"I'm here to ensure they don't lose their self-belief," he added.

"If they come in on a Monday morning and are feeling down about the game we tell them 'Feel down about the result but not about the way you have played'.

"I know results are paramount but if you are playing well you can take a lot of positives."