After suffering only one defeat in their opening ten Premier League games, Antonio Conte's Tottenham have slumped to back-to-back league defeats for only the second time since he joined the club last November. Spurs then also suffered late heartbreak in the Champions League against Sporting CP on Wednesday.
Harry Kane thought he had sent Spurs into the knockout stages with a last-gasp strike, but after a long delay, the goal was correctly ruled out by VAR for offside, meaning Tottenham's Champions League fate will go down to the final matchday against Marseille.
Spurs will be without influential attackers Richarlison and Dejan Kulusevski against Bournemouth this weekend as the duo continue their recovery from respective injuries. Cristian Romero and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, who were both doubts for the game against Sporting but featured regardless, may not recover for the match against the Cherries in time.
