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Spurs sunk to their sixth defeat in eight games to stoke up the pressure on their Spanish manager, who left the Britannia Stadium pitch grim-faced.

It was the worst of matches for Tottenham and Ramos - a bitter defeat, two red cards and, not least, Croatian defender Vedran Corluka suffering a serious-looking head injury.

It started badly and rarely looked up for the visitors: Gareth Bale conceded a penalty and was red-carded 17 minutes into the game.

Danny Higginbotham scored from the spot and although Darren Bent equalised, Rory Delap grabbed the winner to leave Tottenham with two points from eight matches, their worst ever start to a season.

When Bale made a complete hash of clearing Higginbotham's free-kick, Tom Soares was onto him in a trice and took possession. The young Welshman lunged desperately to stop him but only succeeded in taking his legs to earn a red card and Higginbotham scored from the spot.

In the 24th minute Tottenham finally enjoyed a slice of good fortune. Alan Hutton's shot was blocked with two Spurs players offside and the ball found its way through to Bent, who poked home from close range.

It was Delap who hit the equaliser seven minutes into the second half from Mamady Sidibe's cross.

During 11 minutes injury time due to Corluka's injury, Soares won a penalty after being fouled by Jonathan Woodgate but Fuller hit the post and Delap's follow-up struck the bar.

Fuller again hit the angle before, in the closing seconds, substitute Michael Dawson rounded off Ramos' bad dream with another straight red card for a foot-up challenge on Sidibe.