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Igor Tudor\u2019s reign as Tottenham manager is over (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Under-fire interim Tottenham manager Igor Tudor appears to have been given a reprieve and has avoided the sack despite last night\u2019s catastrophic defeat against Atletico Madrid.<\/p>\n

The former Juventus and Lazio boss was hired last month following the decision to part company with Thomas Frank, who himself lasted just eight months at the helm.<\/p>\n

Tudor arrived with Spurs on the brink of being sucked into a relegation dogfight but, after overseeing three successive defeats, his confidence-starved side are now just one point above the drop zone. <\/p>\n

The Croatian\u2019s tenure started with a crushing 4-1 home defeat to Arsenal in the north London derby and Tottenham\u2019s plight worsened following a 2-1 reversal at Fulham. <\/p>\n

Without any semblance of a new manager bounce in evidence, Spurs fans were already sensing their club\u2019s board had made a terrible mistake and those fears were underlined by last week\u2019s astonishing capitulation at home to Crystal Palace. <\/p>\n

Any hope that a break from domestic action and a return to the Champions League would trigger a change of fortunes proved unfounded and a looked likely to represent the final straw.<\/p>\n

Despite mounting calls for him to be relieved of his duties, Tudor looks set to fight another day with Sky Sports News reporting he will take the club\u2019s pre-match press conference on Friday ahead of this weekend\u2019s daunting trip to Anfield. <\/p>\n

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Tottenham have lost all four games of Igor Tudor\u2019s reign (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A depleted Spurs team will already be without the suspended Micky van de Ven, while there are doubts over the fitness of Cristian Romero and Joao Paulinha after both were forced off late on in Madrid following a worrying clash of heads.<\/p>\n

Tudor must also decide who to play in goal after his decision to hand rookie Antonin Kinsky a Champions League debut spectacularly backfired in the space of 17 astonishing minutes. <\/p>\n

After two calamitous errors gifted goals to Marcos Llorente and Julian Alvarez, Tudor was forced to bite the bullet and substitute the young shot stopper.<\/p>\n

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Antonin Kinsky endured a nightmare Champions League debut (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2018He\u2019s [Igor Tudor] making decisions that he maybe thinks is going to one, keep him in a job, or two, keep Tottenham in the Premier League and performances are going to turn around,\u2019 said former Spurs No.1 Paul Robinson.<\/p>\n

\u2018It was a very selfish decision [to substitute Antonin Kinsky in the 17th minute] as a manager.<\/p>\n

\u2018Actually, when you rewind the clock, I think he brought Kinsky in tonight because [Guglielmo] Vicario has been poor. <\/p>\n

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Should Spurs sack Igor Tudor?<\/h3>\n