Spurs flexed their muscles on Wednesday night with an impressive 4-1 UEFA Champions League victory over FC Twente, despite the dismissal of Rafael van der Vaart.
Harry Redknapp's side tackle Villa on Saturday and King knows it is imperative the club do not drop any more Premier League points.
King accepts Spurs are vulnerable following European matches and is hoping his team-mates can right that wrong this weekend.
"This is what we've struggled to do in recent years," said King. "People are now looking at us after we've played our European games.
"When we've been in Europe in the past, our league form has suffered, so that's what we want to put right this season.
"We slipped up against Wigan and losing that game gives us an incentive not to let it happen again.
"The spotlight is on us and teams are waiting for us to slip up, saying we're the same old Tottenham.
"We don't want to be like that. We're at home to Villa and those are the games that we need to take three points from.
"We needed to bounce back against Twente after losing to West Ham and we didn't dwell on that and got the result we wanted. Now we will think about Saturday's game."
Tottenham 10/11, Draw 12/5, Aston Villa 3/1
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