10-man Tottenham lose to Crystal Palace & stay just a point above the relegation zone

[p]Victory for 18th-placed West Ham on Wednesday night made [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/tottenham/UDg08Ohm/"]Spurs[/a]’ dire situation appear even worse, and perhaps for the first time raised the talking point that a first relegation since 1977 could be a realistic possibility.[/p][p]They understandably looked nervous early on, and had [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/vicario-guglielmo/0fdL3XXa/"]Guglielmo Vicario[/a] to thank for keeping out [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/wharton-adam/v5IYUpDm/"]Adam Wharton[/a]’s volley inside the first minute.[/p][p]There were fleeting moments of promise from the hosts, but they were again fortunate not to go behind when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sarr-ismaila/ll2uTDkB/"]Ismaïla Sarr[/a]’s strike was disallowed due to his forehead being offside in the build-up.[/p][p][b]Spurs responded emphatically to that reprieve, as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gray-archie/KKqePmhD/"]Archie Gray[/a] wriggled away from a couple of challenges and made it to the byline, where he pulled it back for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/solanke-dominic/OrADwZse/"]Dominic Solanke[/a] to divert in for the opener.[/b][/p][embed guid="c6be67bc-9681-4fb2-a1b1-8e46da1f48e0" url="https://x.com/premierleague/status/2029657919990477260" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]But [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/crystal-palace/AovF1Mia/"]Palace[/a] had their revenge, and it came as a double blow for Spurs, with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/van-de-ven-micky/rotN6HH8/"]Micky Van de Ven[/a] sent off for pulling down Sarr at the last moment, and the Senegal international coolly rolling the ball into the left side of the net from the resulting spot-kick.[/b][/p][p]Looking for consecutive league away wins at Spurs for the first time ever, the visitors piled on the pressure against their 10-man opponents and were handsomely rewarded during a ruthless end to the half.[/p][p][b]Wharton set up both of their goals, with a cheeky reverse pass allowing [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/larsen-jorgen/lQ5EYyWg/"]Jorgen Strand Larsen[/a] to slot through the goalkeeper’s legs from an angle, before his sweeping ball was perfect for Sarr to run onto and touch beyond the outrushing Vicario.[/b][/p][embed guid="2ed3516d-43fa-4980-af15-24b2d2944bc2" url="https://x.com/premierleague/status/2029662907739328664" social-type="twitter" /][p]Those Spurs fans who remained for the second half saw an improvement in their side, though the personnel disadvantage made things difficult.[/p][p]Their best chance came when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/henderson-dean/OpFOJojt/"]Dean Henderson[/a] toed away an effort from Solanke, but they never really looked like scoring one, let alone three, to put an end to their dismal run.[/p][p]A disastrous three-defeat start to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tudor-igor/Qu12kvXf/"]Igor Tudor[/a]’s reign means his side have still failed to win a single PL match in 2026, and it will certainly be interesting to see how they approach an upcoming UEFA Champions League tie with Atletico Madrid with their top-flight future on the line.[/p][p]For all of their opponents’ issues, Palace were superb, and are unlikely to be involved in the action at either end of the table in the final months of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/glasner-oliver/CznGurCt/"]Oliver Glasner[/a]’s tenure.[/p][p][b]Flashscore Man of the Match: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/wharton-adam/v5IYUpDm/"]Adam Wharton[/a] ([a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/crystal-palace/AovF1Mia/"]Crystal Palace[/a])[/b][/p][image alt="The bottom of the Premier League" id="377274ae-3f3e-4cce-a365-444574e00f1a" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="575c5eb8-b5c3-4a93-bc79-52670a3f91a0" original-width="1200" original-height="1200" /][h2]Key stats[/h2][p]- Only Wolves (20) have lost more home Premier League games than Tottenham (19) since the start of last season, while Spurs have the fewest home points (31) of any ever-present side since the start of 2024/25.[/p][p]- Tottenham Hotspur have lost their last five games in the Premier League; their last longer losing streak was from October 2004 to November 2004, a run of six games.[/p][p]- Tottenham Hotspur have a record of W0, D3, L10 when trailing at half-time in the Premier League this season.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/crystal-palace-AovF1Mia/tottenham-UDg08Ohm/summary/stats/?mid=vwIIJTp9"]Catch up on the match stats with Flashscore[/a][/b][/p]