Nightmare before Christmas only worsens for sad Spurs

Tottenham 1 West Ham 2

The youth development coach, promoted to run the team after the sacking of Andre Villas-Boas on Monday, looked like making a dream start by leading Spurs to the semi-finals of the Capital One Cup.

His bold move in recalling Emmanuel Adebayor from exile and reverting to a 4-4-2 formation looked to have paid off when the Togo striker scored a spectacular first goal of the season in the 66th minute.