{"id":1334037,"date":"2023-12-07T22:42:31","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T22:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1334037"},"modified":"2023-12-07T22:56:33","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T22:56:33","slug":"tottenham-unacceptable-unwanted-premier-league-history-west-ham","status":"publish","type":"features","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/tottenham-unacceptable-unwanted-premier-league-history-west-ham\/","title":{"rendered":"“It’s happened again” – ‘Unacceptable’ Tottenham make unwanted Premier League history as miserable run continues"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tottenham Hotspur’s goalscoring curse continued as they were beaten 2-1 by West Ham United in the Premier League on Thursday night.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Things were going so well for Ange Postecoglou. After 10 games, Tottenham were top of the Premier League still unbeaten, one of two teams still to taste defeat. Their 11th game was against Chelsea at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and everyone expected them to extend their unbeaten record.<\/p>\n

But something on that early November night changed the course of Tottenham’s season. After taking the lead early on as part of a fast start, Tottenham ended the game with nine-men, a couple of injuries and a 4-1 defeat.<\/p>\n

A blip, of course, but surely Tottenham would recover. But, as everyone knows, they haven’t. Tottenham are now without a win in five Premier League matches, losing four with just one draw.<\/p>\n\n

That alone would be a damning stat, with defeats to Wolves, Aston Villa and West Ham joining the loss against Chelsea and sole draw with Manchester City. But to make it so much worse, Tottenham have taken the lead in all five of their games.<\/p>\n

Tottenham scoring first isn’t a surprise. Cristian Romero’s great header from Pedro Porro’s corner was the ninth consecutive Premier League game in which Postecoglou’s side have taken the lead. Funnily enough, the last time Tottenham didn’t score first, they still kind of did, with Romero scoring an own goal for Arsenal in the 2-2 draw back in September.<\/p>\n

The first four games of that run all brought victories, against Liverpool, Luton, Fulham and Crystal Palace. But now, even when playing well in the first half, Tottenham just can’t seem to finish games.<\/p>\n

Three of the goals conceded against Chelsea came in the second half — with the obvious caveat of having two more players on the pitch — while both of Wolves’ strikes came in second-half injury time. Against Aston Villa, there was a goal in each half and Tottenham were unable to recover after Ollie Watkins’ strike on the hour mark.<\/p>\n

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Spurs have now dropped more points from winning positions than any other team in Europe's top seven divisions so far this season (16). ? pic.twitter.com\/TstRYeohHO<\/a><\/p>\n

— Squawka (@Squawka) December 7, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n