Tottenham 1-2 Leicester

Spurs fell to a fourth Premier League loss in a row as fighters Leicester fought back from a goal down to assert their first victory in nine games at a mutiny Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

The home fans were aiming for ‘we want Levy’ against seeing chairman Daniel Levy, as Ange Postecoglou’s injured team cashed twice in four minutes in a row after the break. They then bulged at the last whistle when Spurs’ gloomy season hit a new low point.

The hosts politely led by Richarlison’s header in the first half of Pedro Porro’s speech, but Jamie Vardy equalized from Bobby de Cordova-Reids low posts just 57 seconds after the break.

The hosts were stunned over the equalization and cashed in what turned out to be the decisive goal as they hilled and let Bilal El Khannouss find the lower corner out of the field.

Spurs came into the match after enjoying a breather from their miserable Premier League form with a Europa League victory in Hoffenheim, but it cost a price where James Maddison joined their double-digit injury list due to “tenderness” from it match.

Richarlison’s goal gave them the command at the break, but Leicester revealed their defensive vulnerability ruthlessly, with Vardy and El Khannous turned the game upside down in front of the wild traveling fans whose celebration contrasted with the dissatisfaction of the home supporters.

Spurs tried to gather, with Porros deflected free kick that hit the bar, but they lacked ideas otherwise in the last stages, where Heung-Min Son had twice been rejected by Leicester goalkeeper Jakub Stolarczyk in the first half.

The defeat extends their victorious races to seven Premier League matches, which reinforces the feeling of crisis in the club and holds them in a 15th place in the table. Leicester, meanwhile, crawl out of the relegation zone to 17th place.

Levy was the main goal of home fans’ anger, but there was also buh for postcoglou’s decision to withdraw goal scorer Richarlison, though the Spurs chief later explained that the striker “felt his groin” after first returning from an injury.

Spurs’ problems in statistics

• Spurs lost their 13th Premier League match of the season. Only Leicester, Wolves and Southampton have lost more.
• Spurs have not managed to win any of their last seven Premier League matches (D1 L6), their longest victorious race in the top match since nine games between May and October 2008.
• Spurs have now lost 21 points from winning placements in the Premier League this season, most of any page in the division.

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