Tottenham Hotspur fans dey face serious wahala as their team suffer another painful defeat for home ground. The match wey dem play against Nottingham Forest end 3-0 for the visitors, and this one make Tottenham drop go 17th position for Premier League table. The supporters wey gather for High Road before the match show plenty love and support, with flares and smoke making everywhere blue and white, but all that joy turn to sorrow after 90 minutes.
The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium turn to Boo Bowl by the time referee blow final whistle. Many fans don already comot from the stadium before the match even finish. This na only the third time for Premier League era say Tottenham go lose by three goals for home ground to team wey dey bottom four. The other times na against West Ham for 2013 and Sheffield Wednesday for 1998.
Assistant coach Bruno Saltor wey talk after the match say the team no fit handle the pressure for second half. The main coach Igor Tudor no talk to journalists because of family matter wey happen during the game. Saltor try explain why dem change Micky van de Ven and Djed Spence at half-time, but the changes no work at all. Tottenham now don play 13 league matches without win – this na second worst record for the club 143-year history.
The statistics dey show say Tottenham players run four kilometres more than Forest players, but effort alone no fit win matches. Forest wey don score only 31 goals for whole season manage score three against Tottenham. Six of Forest goals this season don come against Tottenham alone – nearly one-fifth of their total goals.
Morgan Gibbs-White wey score the second goal na player wey almost join Tottenham for beginning of season, but Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis convince am to stay. That one just be small part of the bigger problem wey Tottenham dey face now. The team no win any home Premier League match for 106 days, and dem get worst home record for the whole league – only two victories for whole season.
Tottenham now dey just one point above West Ham wey dey relegation zone. Their next three matches go be against Sunderland, Brighton and Wolves. If dem no win any of these matches, dem go equal their worst-ever record of 16 games without win from 1934-1935. Goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario dey recover from hernia operation, so Antonin Kinsky fit return to the team. Kinsky na the goalkeeper wey dem substitute after just 17 minutes for that Champions League match against Atletico Madrid.
Forest fans dey mock Tottenham with “Lincoln away” chants, reminding dem say dem fit soon dey play for lower divisions. Tottenham last get relegated from England top division for 1977 – the same year Star Wars release, Elvis Presley die and Jimmy Carter become US president. The possibility of relegation don become real concern for everyone connected to the club.
The banner wey read “All Together, Always” for South Stand don quietly disappear after the match. What remain na serious questions about how this great football club find themselves for this kind situation. With only seven matches remain for the season, Tottenham need quick turnaround if dem want avoid the unthinkable – playing for Championship next season.
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