Defoe piles pressure on beleaguered Ramos

IT was painful enough for Juande Ramos to find himself adrift at the foot of the league following this toothless defeat. But the agony was compounded by seeing the striker he discarded last season causing most of the damage.

Jermain Defoe, sold for £7.5million (€9.5m) in January, netted from the penalty spot with Peter Crouch confirming Pompey’s third league victory. Spurs now have just two points from a potential 18, their worst start to a campaign for 54 years.

Towards the end, Ramos was barracked by a substantial away following, previously content to abuse former player Sol Campbell, with chants of “You don’t know what you’re doing” and elimination from the UEFA Cup at Wisla Krakow on Thursday will push the man who succeeded Martin Jol in similar circumstances last season closer to the exit door.