Tottenham boss Andre Villas-Boas has dismissed talk that strikers Jermain Defoe and Emmanuel Adebayor are unhappy with their lot at the club.
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Defoe, who has scored five goals in 10 Premier League games this season, was an unpopular substitution amongst the White Hart Lane faithful in Saturday's 1-0 defeat to Wigan.
The England international stormed down the tunnel after being replaced by Adebayor, but Villas-Boas isn't overly concerned with his tantrum.
"For sure it is not something that is very pleasing to see," the Portuguese said.
"The most important thing for the players to realise is that we do things for the benefit of the team. We understand individual frustrations but we, as a team, are more important.
"The game wasn't going well for Defoe in our thought process. Maybe he could think the opposite but we don't take him off to punish him. We took him off to improve the team."
Villas-Boas has also defended Adebayor's perceived lack of game-time for Spurs this term, which he claimed has more to do with the Togo forward's injuries than a poor attitude.
"We're quite happy with his attitude," Villas-Boas said.
"He had an injury which took him out for six games and then another injury took him out for two games. We have the injury records if you want to look at them.
"From the 11 that we've played, I think he's been out for eight of them and he wasn't here at the start of the season.
"In the games when he was available he showed the quality striker that he is. We have no doubts whatsoever. We have him fit now and hopefully ready for the next upcoming games. We know his ability."
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