Hull win leaves Ramos on the brink

Juande Ramos' job was hanging by a thread after Tottenham's season went from bad to worse with a home defeat to Hull.

A brilliant first-half free-kick from Brazilian Geovanni did the damage to continue Hull's brilliant arrival in the top flight for the first time in their history.

The Tigers' wonderful start has now taken them to third place in the league table but of more immediate relevance was Tottenham's third home league defeat of the season which left them stranded rock bottom of the Premier League with just two points and had Hull fans revelling in their misery.

"You're getting sacked in the morning," they chanted as Ramos stood in silence on the touchline on a day which had begun with reports linking Terry Venables with a return to Spurs.

To add to the woes of Ramos, striker Roman Pavlyuchenko limped off in the first half.

Ramos will have cursed his luck when he saw Gareth Bale's swinging free kick touched on to the bar by Hull goalkeeper Boaz Myhill and when Woodgate swung a left-foot and also rattled the Hull woodwork.

It left Hull basking in a position above Arsenal in third place in the Premier League.

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