Tottenham Hotspur's dismal season hit a new low on Sunday afternoon when they were beaten 2-1 against Leicester City in the Premier League.

Despite Richarlison giving the hosts the lead in the first half, the Foxes fought back valiantly in the second half to clinch the victory. Jamie Vardy scored first to put them back on level terms before Bilal El Khannouss scored the winner a matter of minutes later.

Spurs struggled to play their way back into the game and, unlike their opponents, had no response to going behind. The defeat has done little ease lingering concerns over relegation as the North London club are now just eight points clear of the bottom three with 23 games played.

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As things stand, they are closer to the relegation places than they are the top half of the table. To put that into perspective, Spurs haven't finished outside of the top ten in the Premier League since the 2007/08 season. when they finished 11th.

With pressure now mounting on Ange Postecoglou, here is what the national media made of their latest defeat and the manager's future...

Jacob Steinberg at the Guardian suggested this could be a defeat too far for Postecoglou given the manner in which his side capitulated in the second half, having taken control of the game through Richarlison in the first.

He wrote: "Some clubs have a mystique that lets them triumph from impossible positions. Spurs are the opposite. They heal opponents. They were in control of this game after a thumping header from Richarlison and still they folded.

"Postecoglou, who saw tired limbs and frazzled minds on the pitch, is in trouble. Spurs are eight points above the relegation zone after one win in 11 games and it would not be a surprise if this proves a defeat too far for the Australian.

"However this is a decline that goes right to the top, which is why the venom directed at Levy felt significant. “Nothing will change until he leaves,” was one Spurs fan’s verdict on a chairman whose tenure has brought only one trophy in 24 years."

Tom Allnutt of The Times pointed out that few managers survive the pressure the Australian coach is now under having suffered their fourth loss in a row. While it has been noted that a lot of the frustration from supporters was aimed at chairman Daniel Levy, no one was immune to the fans' frustrations.

He wrote: "A game that was supposed to ease fears of relegation brought another dismal defeat for Tottenham Hotspur, new levels of fury against the chairman, Daniel Levy, and left Ange Postecoglou under the kind of pressure most managers would not survive.

"Tottenham’s injury crisis is well-documented and they were without ten players here, leaving the ones on the field either exhausted or unable to complete 90 minutes. Yet Postecoglou will know what awaits managers when results send a team tumbling down the league and when the fans direct their anger towards the board.

"The anger was mainly directed at Levy but it spread after Leicester’s revival, as Postecoglou was booed for taking off the goalscorer, Richarlison, in the second half. Tottenham were drained of energy and belief and in truth, there was no late push, no onslaught for Leicester to withstand. Not even the PA system could drown out the boos at the final whistle."

The Telegraph's Matt Law highlighted that frustrations aimed at Levy typically result in the chairman dismissing the manager in charge, which does not bode well for Postecoglou.

He wrote: "As the chants of “we want Levy out” echoed around the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Ange Postecoglou may have been aware that days like this rarely end well for the chairman’s head coaches.

"History tells us that when the fans turn on Levy, he usually turns on the manager and, no matter how desperate the club may have been not to rush into a decision on Postecoglou’s future, the Australian must now be in some peril."

Matt Barlow of the Daily Mail emphasised that pressure is growing on the Spurs boss and not even the extensive injury list can offer any solace at this time.

He wrote: "With every tiny glimmer of hope, be it progress in one of the cups or someone returning from injury there comes a result in the Premier League to deepen the gloom for Ange Postecoglou.

"Last time, a miserable defeat at Everton against a team who had forgotten how to score. Now this. Beaten at home by a team who had forgotten how to win. Or even draw.

"From the Spurs angle there is no way to sugar coat it. This result was simply awful even in the context all the injuries and unavailable players. Despite low energy tanks and depleted confidence. The young players are giving their all but it is not amounting to points."