Having seen his side drop the first points of his tenure, Luiz Felipe Scolari was not too downcast, but believes improvement is necessary.

A Darren Bent equaliser against the run of play was enough to deny us a third successive victory after Juliano Belletti had opened the scoring after 26 minutes.

Scolari refused to be too concerned, and believes we are still on track.

'We know that we lost two points today but in the Premier League it is impossible to win three, four, five games in a row, because the other teams are strong and have good quality.

'Seven points in nine, if we make this at the final surely we are first. For the last two or three seasons, [if you achieve] 75 percent of points, you will win,' the Brazilian said.

With regard to the game itself, Scolari was impressed with Tottenham's resilient performance, and a little disappointed that his own side couldn't produce more creative football.

'We used the long ball too much and made mistakes. We need to try to work the ball more. Okay they closed, but with high balls we don't have the players for this,' Scolari assessed.

'What I said afterwards was we needed to work the ball more, if we make mistakes not a problem, but try. High balls we win one time and lose eight.

'They felt the pressure for the fans, to need to win, and it is difficult to think inside the pitch. I understand this.

'We need to respect Tottenham, they are a very good team. They played very well and sometimes it's impossible to win,' he explained.

'They played the same game as Chelsea, and had five players in midfield. They touched the ball very well, and it was an interesting derby. A draw is a normal result. We had more chances but made mistakes with the final shot.'

Spurs manager Juande Ramos believes it was a game of two halves, and that his team were vastly improved in the second.

'Matches last a long time, in the first half I think we were paying too much respect to our opponents and were maybe overawed by Chelsea. In the second half we kept the ball regularly and deserved the point that we got,' he said.

Scolari was able to draw comparisons between this Tottenham side and the one that famously 'parked the bus' in front of the goal at the Bridge back in 2004, though he had no criticism of their approach.

'They put five, six, seven players back, it is difficult to create. This is the game, this is football. They covered the space and it is difficult. Don't forget I don't have two or three players in midfield, and we need to improve.

'Many teams don't have the quality Tottenham have my midfield is very good but theirs is the same. I don't think anybody is thinking Tottenham is nothing; we need to respect them and their players. They play in national teams around the world,' he reminded us.

The Blues' goal came courtesy of an unlikely source through Belletti, who scored his second Chelsea goal against Tottenham.

Playing in the holding midfield role, he was perhaps a surprise selection, but Scolari explained that he had utilised his knowledge on the full-back's earlier days.

'Belletti was a midfielder when he started his career in Cruzeiro and Sao Paolo. Because I don't have Ballack and Essien has a little injury, I put Belletti in,' he reasoned.

'If problems, I have Paulo Ferreira, and I have Bosingwa, who started as a midfielder. I know the career of these players, and Belletti I think played well. He hasn't played in this position for four or five years.'

Finally came something of a shock, as Scolari revealed recent interest in Salomon Kalou from Tottenham's near neighbours Arsenal.

Discussing his attacking options, the 59-year-old listed the Ivorian as a possible central striker, along with Nicolas Anelka, Didier Drogba and Franco Di Santo, who made his debut today.

'I have Kalou. If you ask Arsene Wenger, he wanted Kalou as a centre-forward, and he is an intelligent man. I need to follow this way.

He is intelligent and if he likes Kalou as a number 9, I try sometimes. Before he wanted Kalou, not now. I said no, I don't sell Kalou,' Scolari said.

He also explained that he is unclear as to whether Robinho will be arriving before Monday's transfer deadline, meaning our activity could now be finished.

However with plenty of hours remaining, there remains a possibility that a deal could be done.

Many of the players now depart for international duty, while Scolari will remain behind to begin thinking about the challenge of Manchester City in 13 days.