Chris Wood (fifth) and Matheus Cunha (seventh) square off in a matchup between two of the top scorers in the Premier League when Nottingham Forest visits Wolverhampton Wanderers on January 6, 2025

It would be just like Tottenham Hotspur to take on a side languishing near the bottom of the table coming off two wins thanks to a “new manager bounce”. That’s the situation this weekend against Wolverhampton Wanderers.

A hitherto entertaining Tottenham attack were bereft of ideas against the inspired pairing of Nikola Milenkovic and Murillo, as Ange Postecoglou 's off-colour Lilywhites fell to their second straight Premier League defeat and an embarrassing fourth from their last five matches in the top flight.