Defeat to Leicester piles more pressure on Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou

Two goals in four second-half minutes helped Leicester earn a first Premier League win since December 3rd with a 2-1 victory at Tottenham to pile more pressure on Ange Postecoglou.

A weary Spurs had taken the lead after 33 minutes through Richarlison, but the Foxes, who had lost their previous seven matches in the division, levelled in the 46th-minute through captain Jamie Vardy.

Bilal El Khannouss made it 2-1 four minutes later with a fine 25-yard effort and with limited options on the bench due to the unavailability of 10 players, Postecoglou watched Tottenham suffer another defeat.

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— Leicester City (@LCFC) January 26, 2025

It is six losses from their last seven matches in the Premier League for Spurs, but it was a day to savour for Leicester manager Ruud van Nistelrooy with his team out of the relegation zone for the first time in 2025.

This was a contest between two teams horribly out of form in the league and while Spurs welcomed back Pape Sarr, they suffered a fresh blow with James Maddison not fit enough to face his former club to further deplete the hosts.

Pleasantries were exchanged between Son Heung-min and Leicester boss Van Nistelrooy, former team-mates at Hamburg, before play got under way in monsoon like conditions.

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