Italian coach Roberto De Zerbi lost his debut on the Tottenham Hotspur bench, leaving them in the Premier League relegation zone.
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Former top flight winger Pat Nevin believes questions will be asked about whether Tottenham Hotspur should have started Mathys Tel away at Sunderland.
Former top-flight attacker Pat Nevin feels Tottenham are in “seriously deep” towards the bottom of the Premier League table, and relegation is “staring at you.”
Roberto De Zerbi remained stoic with his reaction as Tottenham Hotspur lost 1-0 at Sunderland in his first game in charge.
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Roberto de Zerbi’s first game in charge ended in defeat at Sunderland on Sunday afternoon as we fell to a seventh loss in eight league games.
The new Tottenham boss is speaking to the media following his first Premier League game for the club in the defeat at Sunderland on Sunday afternoon
In Roberto De Zerbi's first game in charge of Tottenham Hotspur, he did absolutely nothing to make Spurs supporters think that there is any hope of the club getting out of this predicament.
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Made a hugely important save on the stroke of half time and then tipped over a driven Porro shot near the end but was a spectator for most of the game with his defence shielding him superbly, did get lucky with a spilled catch that ended on the roof of the net late on.
Tottenham remain in the relegation zone after defeat in their new manager’s first game. Check out the best Opta data from the game with our Sunderland vs Tottenham stats page.