Spurs, currently 16th on the Premier League standings, were leading 1-0 in the 34th minute courtesy of a goal to Dominic Solanke, who expertly flicked home a cross from Archie Gray.<\/p>\n
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However, the contest turned on its head four minutes later when van de Ven was shown a red card for tugging the arm of Isma\u00efla Sarr to deny a goalscoring opportunity.<\/p>\n
In a chaotic ten-minute passage of play, Tottenham then conceded three goals before halftime, included two during added time, with the hosts trailing 3-1 at the break. Spurs fans were seen leaving the venue before the halftime whistle, while goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario was booed by the crowd.<\/p>\n
Elsewhere, Crystal Palace fans bombarded Spurs manager Igor Tudor, having suffered his third-consecutive defeat since taking over the club last month, with \u201csacked in the morning\u201d chants.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve not seen a collapse like this in a very, very long time,\u201d Sky Sports\u2019 Pete Gill said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe goal has sparked a mass exodus of Tottenham fans.<\/p>\n
\u201cBrilliant from Palace. But a total implosion from Tottenham.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe can see on the television cameras that a significant number of Tottenham fans haven\u2019t merely left their seats, but left the stadium as well.\u201d<\/p>\n
BBC Radio 5 commentator Jonathan Pearce added: \u201cSpurs have shot themselves in the foot.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sarr was responsible for two of Crystal Palace\u2019s goals, including the subsequent penalty following van de Ven\u2019s booking, while J\u00f8rgen Strand Larsen scored the other through Vicario\u2019s legs.<\/p>\n
Micky van de Ven of Tottenham Hotspur. Photo by Julian Finney\/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesTottenham Hotspur’s Pape Matar Sarr reacts after the English Premier League soccer match between Tottenham Hotspur and Crystal Palace in London, Thursday March 5, 2026. (John Walton\/PA via AP)Source: APTottenham Hotspur manager Igor Tudor reacts on the touchline during the English Premier League soccer match between Tottenham Hotspur and Crystal Palace in London, Thursday March 5, 2026. (John Walton\/PA via AP)Source: AP<\/p>\n
Earlier, Crystal Palace were denied the opener in 29th minute due to VAR verdict that showed Varr was in an off-side position.<\/p>\n
Later during the second half, Tottenham\u2019s Pedro Porro was left fuming after being substituted off for Xavi Simons in the 75th minute, kicking a few water bottles and giving the fourth official a few choice words.<\/p>\n
Tottenham, fresh off five consecutive defeats, are now at serious risk of being relegated to the Championship for the first time in nearly 50 years. The club is only one point ahead of Nottingham Forest and West Ham, 17th and 18th respectively with 28 points, one less than Spurs.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf they didn\u2019t think they were in a relegation battle, they know they are now,\u201d Spurs legend Les Ferdinand said on Stan Sport\u2019s coverage.<\/p>\n
Former Crystal Palace striker Glenn Murray continued on BBC Radio 5 Live: \u201cTottenham are without a doubt in a relegation fight. That was their game in hand and they have not made amends.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe most disappointing thing about this evening is they went ahead – they had the opportunity to get the three points.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tottenham, with 12 points from their 20 most recent Premier League games, will next face Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday, March 15.<\/p>\n
A relegation that would Tottenham as much as \u00a3260 million (AU$495 million), according to a report this week, a huge blow for a club that lost \u00a3129 million (AU$245 million) last year, a period when they had the third-highest operating costs of any European team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tottenham squandered an early lead to suffer a 3-1 loss in their crucial Premier League match against Crystal…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":521357,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,85,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-521356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-sports","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=521356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521356\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/521357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=521356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=521356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=521356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}