EPL: Misfiring Spurs slump to 3-1 defeat at Blackpool

Tottenham Hotspur missed the chance to climb to third place in the Premier League when they suffered a 3-1 defeat at lowly Blackpool despite dominating the game for long periods at Bloomfield Road on Tuesday.

Charlie Adam, the target of a Spurs approach in the transfer window, put Blackpool ahead with a penalty in the 18th minute after Sebastien Bassong barged over DJ Campbell, who himself ended a swift counter-attack with their second just before halftime.

Brett Ormerod then wrapped up the victory with his first Premier League goal for seven years 10 minutes from time to complete a record of scoring for Blackpool in all four league divisions.

Spurs had 25 goal attempts, shots cleared off the line and penalty appeals turned down but the pluck and spirit Blackpool have shown throughout their first season in the top flight for 39 years saw them triumph and move up to 12th spot.

Spurs got a late consolation goal from Roman Pavlyuchenko, staying on 47 points from 27 games and remaining two behind Manchester City and two ahead of Chelsea.

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Premier League table

#	Team	MP	D	P
1	Manchester United	26	+32	57
2	Arsenal	26	+29	53
3	Manchester City	27	+19	49
4	Tottenham Hotspur	27	+7	47
5	Chelsea	26	+24	45
6	Liverpool	27	+3	39
7	Sunderland	27	+0	37
8	Bolton Wanderers	27	+1	36
9	Newcastle United	27	+4	35
10	Stoke City	26	-2	33
11	Blackburn Rovers	27	-8	32
12	Blackpool	27	-9	32
13	Fulham	27	+0	31
14	Everton	26	-3	30
15	Birmingham City	26	-10	30
16	Aston Villa	27	-15	30
17	West Bromwich …	27	-17	28
18	Wigan Athletic	27	-18	27
19	West Ham United	27	-18	25
20	Wolverhampton …	27	-19	25