Igor Tudor leaves Tottenham stadium immediately after Nottingham Forest defeat due to death in family | OneFootball

Terrible news for the Spurs manager

Standard Sport understands Tudor was informed shortly after full-time of the 3-0 home defeat that a member of his immediate family had passed away. He left the stadium immediately.

Assistant coach Bruno Saltor spoke to the media in Tudor’s absence, and faced plenty of questions after a hugely damaging defeat.

Spurs’ hopes of staying in the top flight this season took a heavy blow as they traded places with 17th-placed Forest, who won at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium thanks to goals from Igor Jesus, Morgan Gibbs-White and Taiwo Awoniyi.

The defeat leaves Tottenham just one point above the relegation zone with seven matches left to play.

Tudor’s side seemed to have turned a corner in the last week, after they battled for a deserved draw with Liverpool at Anfield and then beat Atletico Madrid 3-2 in the Champions League midweek.

But Tottenham’s hopes of remaining in the top flight plunged into severe doubt after their latest defeat, and the 47-year-old Croatian remains without a league win.

Spurs are now without a win in 13 top-flight games, which is their worst run in 91 years in a season in which they were relegated.

Tudor has not been helped by Spurs’ injury list, which had a new name added to it on Sunday as Mathys Tel hobbled off with just over an hour played.

Spurs are now without a game in three weeks due to the upcoming international break and being without FA Cup and Champions League commitments.