Tottenham Hotspur have made a woeful start to the new Premier League season, sitting bottom of the table after just two matches, despite the club having spent heavily over the summer following a narrow escape from relegation last term. The club's confident pre-match rhetoric before their first home game was quickly undercut by another defeat, highlighting the gap between the hierarchy's ambitions and the team's actual performances under new manager Roberto De Zerbi.

Spurs lost 2-0 at home to Newcastle, their third consecutive home defeat, with goals from Anthony Elanga and Yoane Wissa, leaving them six points behind early pace-setters Hull City. New signing Sandro Tonali, a £100m former Newcastle midfielder, endured a torrid return to his old club before being substituted amid jeers. De Zerbi insisted there was "no panic" and that he knew "where we are going", though the result follows an already chastening opening-weekend defeat at Brentford.