Roberto De Zerbi has insisted that Tottenham do not get carried away after their victory against Aston Villa, which saw them climb out of the relegation zone.
The Italian, who marked it back-to-back wins for Spurs after beating Wolverhampton Wanderers in late April, praised his players but urged for "balance".
Tottenham won at Villa Park 2-1 with goals from Conor Gallagher and Richarlison, picking up a crucial three points.
The North London club have leapfrogged West Ham in the table, with a home match upcoming against Leeds.
Following the win, De Zerbi said: "I am very happy for the performance, we won a great game against a great Aston Villa.
"They had to play Thursday, a very important game for them, but this is always very tough playing against (Unai) Emery, against this Villa in this stadium.
"For that, I am really pleased, it was a good performance with the ball, without the ball. Without the ball, we showed great courage, and we showed great qualities.
"I am happy for this type of performance more than three points. We are one point more than West Ham, but the most important thing is to play a great game and believe more and more in ourselves and believe in our qualities."
The Italian continued: "The crucial thing now is keeping our head of what was the situation before the Wolverhampton game. This is the most important memory to keep in our head.
"In football it is very easy to change, if you lose, you are stupid. If you win, you are a champion.
"No, you have to find a balance. We have to work this week because Leeds is a very tough game.
"We have to remember in ourselves what we have done in the past."
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Villa entered the match having lost their previous two fixtures, falling to Forest on Thursday before a defeat against Fulham the week prior.
Emery's decision to rotate heavily ahead of the European clash left his lineup significantly weakened.
The Villa boss said: "We lost on Thursday and we lost last week against Fulham, different players, different matches.
"We analysed a lot of things about the players playing in the starting XI. Maybe it is better to play with the same players but we lost (the last two matches)."
He continued: "Before the match, I knew my challenge, it was to win with some changes, but I believe in the players.
"If supporters or the media don't believe in some of players... but [it] is not different when we are losing. I made changes against Sunderland but you were not asking, because we won. But I accept some criticism."
When questioned if he was disappointed with some of his players' performance, Emery said: "No. Because those same players three months ago were winning a lot of matches in a row.
“Of course, sometimes they don't have the performance with individual quality. But I am so proud of them, so, so proud of them, how we are doing the season."
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