Tottenham are haunted by the risk of a historic humiliation but one game could save them

Miguel Delaney Thu, 26 February 2026 at 1:14 pm UTC·7 min read For all that Igor Tudor has tried to get the Tottenham Hotspur squad to look forward, and look at themselves “in the mirror”, there are figures around the club who can’t get certain images from Sunday out of their heads. The players naturally looked beaten. The hierarchy, however, were said by those present to appear “haunted”.Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Obviously, a biggest home defeat to Arsenal since 1978 was bad enough, but this was obviously more. It was the realisation that the change of manager wasn’t going to change that much, certainly as regards the negative atmosphere around the club. It was that there...