TOTTENHAM have broken an unwanted record that had lasted over a century.
The North London outfit were beaten by Leicester City to compound further misery on their season.
Spurs had taken the lead in the 33rd minute as Richarlison fired in from close range.
However, just five minutes after the restart, Ange Postcoglou’s side found themselves losing.
Jamie Vardy netted the equaliser before Bilal El Khannouss curled in the eventual winner.
It was the first time Spurs have conceded twice in the opening five minutes of a second-half match in the Prem since November 1987 against Liverpool.
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The Foxes went into the game as heavy underdogs, having lost their previous seven games in the Premier League.
The result meant it was the first time Spurs had been beaten by a team on such a run since 1912, 113 years ago.
Just like Leicester, it was an East Midlands club that beat them then as well in Notts County.
Tottenham are 15th place in the league table, just eight points clear of the bottom three.
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The club has not won any of their previous seven league games, losing six and drawing just one.
This is the side’s longest winless streak in the Prem since the nine-game stretch between May and October 2008.
It now means Spurs have lost THIRTEEN of their 23 Premier League games, winning just seven and drawing three.
After the defeat, Postcoglou insisted the team was giving their best efforts.
He told the BBC: “It is a disappointing result, but at the same time I can’t ask anymore from this group of players.
“They are trying their hardest and things just aren’t falling for us.
“We certainly had opportunities to kill the game off and we didn’t take them.
“It wasn’t for the want of trying, the players gave everything but we fell short.
“I thought first half we were good and probably could have had a couple more goals and for the most part they didn’t threaten us.
“We conceded a couple of goals but after that we had the majority of the play but just weren’t able to get the goals we needed.”
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Up next for Spurs is a Europa League tie against Elfsborg at home.
In the league, it does not get easier with trips to Brentford and Aston Villa either side of their visit to Anfield for the second leg of the Carabao Cup semi-final.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
