Defeats for Liverpool and Chelsea controlled Saturday's Premier League headings, but it was another side who began the season with top-four aspirations who were again the focus of negative attention on Sunday afternoon.

Last Sunday's draw at Liverpool left Tottenham 2-1 to go down and Wednesday's Champions League win over Atletico Madrid enhanced belief they might avoid the drop.

However, Sunday's 3-0 home loss to transfer competitors Nottingham Forest implies they have actually taken simply one point from the last 21 readily available and bet365 have actually cut Spurs from 12-5 to 13-8 for the drop.

If there was a consolation for the Lilywhites, it was West Ham's 2-0 loss at Aston Villa, guaranteeing the Hammers stay in the bottom three by a point heading into the worldwide break.

Sunderland are now five points adrift of the top 6 after coming from behind to beat Tyne-Wear rivals Newcastle 2-1.

Meanwhile, objectives from and Ollie Watkins enabled Villa to seal their top-four location. The Villans' win over the Hammers moved them 5 points clear of Liverpool and they head to Forest in their next league video game on April 12.

Talking point

Are Tottenham ready to make another managerial modification? Last Sunday's 1-1 at Liverpool potentially restored the board's belief in Igor Tudor, and hope in a turnaround grew after the win over Atletico.

However, the last scoreline against Forest was emphatic and the club now have till the journey to Sunderland on Sunday, April 12 to examine their alternatives.

Tottenham are still to win in the league in 2026, and it is just the deficiencies of others that is keeping them out of the bottom 3.

The game at the Stadium of Light is followed by components versus Brighton (H), Wolves (A), Aston Villa (A), Leeds (H), Chelsea (A) and Everton (H) to conclude this campaign.

Harry Redknapp was connected with a Tottenham return before Tudor took the task, and his name continues to be mentioned.

Roberto De Zerbi, who left Marseille in February, and Adi Hutter, last seen at Monaco before Christmas, are both out of work and possibly available.

Those home fans who stayed to the end of the Forest defeat may have done so to air their frustrations and with three weeks till their next match, the Spurs board might choose Tudor's time is currently up.

Market relocations

Sunderland began the day at 150-1 with Paddy Power to finish in the leading six but beating neighbours Newcastle has seen them sliced to 50-1 by the Irish outlet's oddsmakers.

In contrast, Power had the Magpies at 6-1 for a top-six surface on Sunday early morning, however pushed them out to 20-1 in the exact same market following their derby defeat.

Forest began Sunday at a finest price of 9-4 for the drop but have actually grown to a basic 11-2 to go down after moving three points clear of the bottom three with seven games to play.

The Reds are the big winners, with Tottenham 13-8 for relegation and their London competitors West Ham 5-6 to be relegated with bet365.

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Punting guidelines

The Premier League doesn't return until April 10 when West Ham host bottom club Wolves, and the Hammers will hope to approach that match on the back of an FA Cup quarter-final win over Leeds.

Wolves won the reverse component 3-0 but have lost their last five journeys to the London Stadium, scoring just once, and a Hammers' win to nil is 9-4 with bet365.

Arguably the pick of the FA Cup quarter-final ties is at the Etihad, where Manchester City host Liverpool.

There have actually been precisely three objectives in both of this season's Premier League meetings and a repeat is 3-1 with bet365.

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