Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player This Tottenham team are not a lost cause. But being bad in both boxes is a footballing nightmare. And that is where Spurs find themselves right now.
And back in the relegation zone. They are wasteful in front of goal and then seemingly determined to self-destruct at the other end. Sloppy passes, poor decisions, defensive lapses - gifts being handed out to the opposition.
And Roberto De Zerbi cut a frustrated figure. He called the defending for Aston Villa's second goal "unacceptable". You could feel the anger bubbling underneath him in his post-match press conference.
The most damning admission? He didn't even speak to his players after the defeat. The same mistakes keep appearing.
The same problems keep costing Spurs. And now, just when the manager needs his players on the training pitch to put it right, the international break arrives. Some of them won't see De Zerbi again for more than two weeks.
This isn't a lost season. There is too much talent in this Tottenham squad for that. But talent means very little if you keep shooting yourself in the foot.
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