Tottenham bounced back from the disappointment of losing the Capital One Cup final to Chelsea on Sunday, with a thrilling 3-2 win over Swansea City at White Hart Lane on Wednesday evening.
The result keeps Mauricio Pochettino’s side in the hunt for a top four finish, with their game in hand away at QPR on Saturday looking crucial now.
Spurs currently sit in seventh place in the Premier League, but know that a win at Loftus Road will see them close the gap on the top four to just three points.
It has been a case of Pochettino’s side improving as the season progresses after a difficult start.
Moments to celebrate have been far more frequent of late, but the 2014-15 has also had it’s fair share of disappointments.
Here we have identified the five lowest points of Tottenham’s 2014-15 season so far.
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Tottenham 0-3 Liverpool
A few Tottenham fans had begun to get a little over-excited after back-to-back wins to start the season. Pochettino began his Premier League career at Spurs with a last minute win over West Ham at Upton Park, and a 4-0 thrashing of QPR at home.
That meant they went into their third game of the season at home to Liverpool in confident mood, and looking for revenge after losing 5-0 and 4-0 to the Reds the previous season.
Pochettino and Tottenham fans were brought back down to earth with a bump however, as Brendan Rodgers side ran out 3-0 winners, having simply played the home team off the park. The only comfort for Spurs was that it was only three, as Liverpool reminded Pochettino just how much work needed to be done at White Hart Lane.
Tottenham 0-1 West Brom
If the Liverpool defeat reminded Pochettino of the job he had on at Tottenham, the defeat to West Brom just two games later left him in no doubt.
Tottenham produced perhaps their worst display of the season at home to the Baggies, which saw Alan Irvine leave with a rare three points whilst in charge.
A James Morrison header 15 minutes from time decided this game, and it’s fair to say Pochettino was less than impressed at the final whistle.
“The way that we played, I think was wrong because we played very, very slow from the beginning,” he said.
“I am angry or disappointed – I don’t know the best word to show my feelings. We had a bad day.”
Tottenham 1-2 Newcastle
Tottenham’s early season home form continued to prove a major problem, with a third disappointing defeat arriving before the end of October, this time at the hands of Newcastle.
The Magpies arrived at White Hart Lane in the relegation zone, but moved up to 14th in the table after a comeback victory in north London.
Emmanuel Adebayor (remember him) had given Tottenham an 18th minute lead, but Newcastle were level just seconds after the restart through Sammy Ameobi – a goal Pochettino described as ‘crazy’ in his post match interviews.
Ayoze Perez sealed the win with his first goal for the Toon, as Tottenham slipped down to 11th place, with 11 points from their opening nine games.
Liverpool 3-2 Tottenham
Tottenham were certainly in much better shape when they faced Liverpool for the second time this season, following the 3-0 home defeat to the Reds in August.
However, on this occasion they were on the wrong end of a 3-2 scoreline, after a thrilling game at Anfield which on another day may have gone in their favour.
Mario Balotelli scored his first Premier League goal with just five minutes remaining, and condemmed Pochettino’s men to a harsh defeat to a top four rival, which may well prove decisive come the end of the season in the race for Champions League football.
Chelsea 2-0 Tottenham
Losing any cup final should rank as the main disappointment in any season – especially to a major rival.
Tottenham had extra reason to feel hard done by after Sunday’s Wembley showpiece, losing a poor game to two deflected goals.
Spurs were perhaps the better side in the first half, and came closest to opening the scoring when Christian Eriksen struck the bar with a free kick.
But the timing of John Terry’s deflected opener set Chelsea on their way, whilst Diego Costa’s fortunate second also came at the perfect time in the game.
There are few better sides at holding onto a lead than Chelsea, and Tottenham spent the remainder of the final trying in vain to give their fans something to cheer.
