Everton 3 Tottenham 2: Pressure heats up on Postecoglou as comeback bid falls short after first-half horror-show
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Sponsored by. OH, mate. Just when things looked like they could not get much worse for Ange Postecoglou, his side go and produce a first 45 like this. Not just the poorest Spurs half of this nightmare of a campaign, but perhaps in recent memory. Postecoglou's men scored twice after the break to add some late drama.
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But it did not mask over a pathetic opening period which left serious question marks over whether the relatable Aussie can survive in his role - injuries or no injuries, cup runs or no cup runs. Shotshy Everton had failed to score in five of their last six league games before Big Ange’s fragile side came to town.
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But the Toffees sensed blood and turned from toothless to ruthless, smashing in three goals before half-time. Dominic Calvert-Lewin, who could have had a hat-trick, got the ball rolling, before an Iliman Ndiaye stunner and an Archie Gray own goal in stoppage time.
![[Everton's Iliman Ndiaye celebrates a goal.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/evertons-iliman-ndiaye-celebrates-scoring-964974181.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
As the Spurs fans self-deprecatingly say whenever their side somehow loses to a team woefully out of form, ‘Dr Tottenham will see you now’. But the first half was worse than a painful GP appointment and led to the humiliated North Londoners adding a 12th defeat out of their 22 Prem fixtures, having won just one of their last ten.
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SUN BINGO GET £50 BONUS & 50 FREE SPINS TODAY. Dejan Kulusevski, Spurs’ best player this season by a country mile, barely registered a reaction when his clever chip reduced the deficit after the break. Everton old-boy Richarlison snuck one in stoppage time but in the end it just put a more flattering look to the scoreline, and did not stop Spurs’ winless run to six Prem games.
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