'impossible For Him To Stay' - What Next For Tudor And Tottenham?

Fans lined nan Tottenham High Road to invited nan Spurs team.

Supporters scaled railings and sat connected nan apical of autobus shelters arsenic their struggling broadside arrived to look relegation rivals Nottingham Forest.

The coach drove done a haze of bluish and achromatic fume surrounded by thousands of fans arsenic it crawled to nan Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Protests had been shelved successful nickname of nan magnitude of nan game, 1 which would person seismic repercussions connected Spurs' season.

Goals from Teddy Sheringham, Jurgen Klinsmann, Harry Kane and Heung-min Son were played connected nan large screens pre-game earlier Cristian Romero delivered a message: "We'll conflict for everything, each together."

Just nether 90 minutes later fans streamed retired of nan stadium aft Taiwo Awoniyi scored Forest's third.

They went from a parade to pointless. Tottenham are successful heavy trouble.

The players responded to nan fans for 45 minutes. Igor Jesus deed his ain bar, Richarlison pressed and harried and Mathys Tel produced 1 of his amended displays.

Yet Igor Jesus' header successful first-half wounded clip - followed by Morgan Gibbs-White's onslaught - accrued Spurs' relegation woes.

Gibbs-White, of people had to person a opportunity successful nan crippled aft his aborted move to northbound London past summer.

Spurs thought they had their man arsenic they looked to trigger a £60m merchandise clause, only for nan woody to illness and Forest to frighten ineligible action.

It was a prelude to nan chaos and calamity that was to travel this season.

Awoniyi's precocious 3rd sparked an exodus - immoderate fans had already started leaving pinch 20 minutes near - and those who remained booed nan squad off.

The togetherness seen extracurricular nan stadium had evaporated, pinch Spurs fans only agreed successful interest astir nan future.

"From Tottenham's constituent of view, location was a batch of fighting tone successful nan first half, encouraged by a jubilant crowd who wanted to support their team," erstwhile Spurs and England goalkeeper Paul Robinson told BBC Radio 5Live.

"But, erstwhile you spell to support your squad for illustration that you person to springiness thing back, which didn't last.

"In nan 2nd half they were tactically weak, they were devoid of ideas, and nan head changed nan unit 2 aliases 3 times, and location was thing location coming to propose that they tin get retired of that mess."

Xavi Simons' relegation to nan chair baffled seasoned Spurs viewers, pursuing his champion capacity and 2 goals successful Wednesday's triumph complete Atletico.

Tel was lively and deed nan barroom instantly aft Igor Jesus' opener but faded successful nan 2nd half pinch Forest's defence - expertly marshalled by Nikola Milenkovic - repelling everything.

Forest made their hosts hold connected nan transportation almost 4 minutes earlier emerging for nan 2nd half, Tottenham will person wished they had stayed successful nan dressing room.

"I don't spot a structure," said Robinson. "A gameplan, aliases a measurement of playing. I don't spot a tactical idea.

"They look devoid of ideas, and a head who is looking for thing that he is yet to find, and nary clip to find it."