Having lost their Premier League unbeaten record in spectacular circumstances, Tottenham Hotspur endeavour to enter the international break on a high when they take on Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molineux in Saturday's lunchtime kickoff.
Ange Postecoglou's nine men were thumped 4-1 by London rivals Chelsea on Monday evening, while their hosts were left to rue another contentious VAR call in a 2-1 loss to Sheffield United.
An 89th-minute strike from Jean-Ricner Bellegarde would ostensibly be enough for Wolves to walk away with a point after Cameron Archer's piledriver broke the deadlock, but with 100 minutes on the clock, Oliver Norwood smashed home from 12 yards after Fabio Silva was adjudged to have felled George Baldock.
As Bramall Lane revelled in a long-awaited maximum, O'Neil made no bones about his feelings towards the officials on yet another excruciating afternoon, claiming that the division is in a "crazy place" with VAR and suggesting that Baldock bought the foul for the Blades' dramatic late spot kick.
Defeat to Paul Heckingbottom's men ended a four-game unbeaten run for Wolves, who had taken points off of Manchester City, Aston Villa and Newcastle United during that solid sequence but have slipped to 14th in the standings, albeit with a six-point buffer to the relegation zone.
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