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Pressure piles on beleaguered Postecoglou
Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou

Chelsea 1-0 Spurs
by Layth Yousif
at Stamford Bridge 

A second half header by Enzo Fernandez from a Cole Palmer cross was enough to move Chelsea back into the top four, after beating Spurs 1-0 in a pulsating match in SW6 on Thursday evening. 

Yet it was the bizarre actions of beleaguered Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou in baiting the club’s traveling support, that looked like the last rites on his managerial reign would be arriving soon. 

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