Tottenham trolled online after shock defeat to Antwerp in the Europa League

Tottenham Hotspur became first team from England to lose in Europe this season after y were beaten 1-0 by Belgian side Royal Antwerp in Europa League on Thursday night. rth London side produced a subpar performance as y were beaten by Belgian side, in what could be labelled as biggest upset of Europa League campaign so far.

Europa League results: Antwerp vs Tottenham

Tottenham entered Thursday's match on back some exhilarating attacking display. only or match y lost this season in 90 minutes was a 1-0 defeat to Everton on Premier League Matchday 1. Since n, Jose Mourinho's side embarked on a strong run, winning seven out 11 matches, including a 6-1 win at Manchester United, a 7-2 win over Maccabi Haifa and a 3-0 win over LASK in ir previous UEL outing. While home side, Royal Antwerp, are currently best side in Belgium's top division, y entered match as underdogs despite fact y have t lost a match at home for 14 months w.

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Mourinho made nine changes to side that started in this week's 1-0 win at Burnley, with Gareth Bale making his first start for club since re-joining m on loan from Real Madrid. Portuguese manr was soon left to rue his decision as his team were clearly outplayed by hosts, with an opportunity to score coming ir way as early as 13th minute.

hosts made ir pressure count when Israeli striker Lior Rafaelov found back of net in 29th minute. Spurs defender Ben Davies was outmuscled by Dieumerci Mbokani, who n teed up Rafaelov for opener. While Spurs did man to carve out a few chances, Antwerp were better side on pitch.

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This did t change even after Mourinho made four changes at break, most ticeably taking off Dele Alli. His side's performance did t improve even after Gareth Bale was replaced by Harry Kane after an uneventful 58 minutes of action. Barring one small chance for Son Heung-Min, Tottenham never looked like scoring in Belgium. y eventually fell to a 1-0 defeat, handing hosts a famous win over ir English rivals.  

As was expected, Tottenham Hostpur were heavily roasted on social media after ir eight-game scoring streak came to an end on Thursday. 

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loss means Spurs move second in Europa League Group J behind Antwerp. Mourinho, who was, unsurprisingly, fuming after loss, will hope his side can get to winning ways on Sunday when y host Brighton. 

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(Im Credits: Europa League Twitter)