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Tottenham Hotspur, which was once competing for the top spot in the English professional football Premier League (EPL), is collapsing disastrously after Son Heung-min (Los Angeles FC). Already, he has won 11 consecutive games (four draws and seven losses), including five consecutive EPL losses. He has also repeatedly written the history of the club's disgrace.
Tottenham, led by head coach Igor Tudor (Croatia), was completely defeated by Crystal Palace 1-3 in the 29th round of the 2025-2026 EPL at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on the 6th (Korea time).
Tottenham led with Dominic Solanke's first goal in the 34th minute of the first half, but four minutes later, Mickey van der Pen was directly hit by a Red Card that caught the opponent's striker with his arm against the goalkeeper. The penalty kick allowed along with Panderpen's Red Card led to an equalizer loss.
Since then, Tottenham has allowed consecutive runs in the extra time of the first half, and has bowed again without making a turnaround in the second half. Despite the numerical inferiority, Tottenham was rather ahead of the opponent by 12-9 in the number of shots, but failed to overcome the three runs allowed in the first half alone.
With the defeat, Tottenham recently fell into a quagmire for five consecutive EPL losses. There has been no win in 11 games in the EPL. The last victory was against Crystal Palace on December 29 last year. According to soccer statistics media Opta, it is the first time in 51 years that Tottenham has not won 11 consecutive games in the league since 1975. The fifth consecutive defeat is also a disgrace that he has achieved in 12 years since 2004 (six consecutive losses).
The possibility of a shocking Championship (Second Division) relegation is also growing. With the defeat, Tottenham ranked 16th with only 29 points (7 wins, 8 draws and 14 losses) in the fifth round. It is only one point away from 18th-ranked West Ham United (28 points), which is in the relegation zone. The problem is that West Ham won the previous round, and even 17th-ranked Nottingham Forest (28 points) managed to rebound, drawing with Manchester City. Only Tottenham, who is "falling" with five consecutive losses alone, has a clear downward curve.
Football statistics media Opta adjusted Tottenham's relegation probability to 13.94% shortly after Tottenham's complete defeat against Palace. The probability of relegation, which was in single digits only the day before, has now begun to rise to a level that cannot be ignored. If Tottenham is relegated to the second division, it will be the first time since the launch of the EPL and 49 years since the 1977-1978 season, including the Football League.
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