Premier League press conferences: Michael Carrick & Andoni Iraola to speak soon

In the wake of their Carabao Cup exit to Liverpool, Tottenham boss Roberto de Zerbi
said his side have to find “La Scintilla” (the spark) to kick start their season and finally
score some goals.

This is the first time in the club’s 144-year history that they have failed to score in their
opening four league matches to a season.

The only time they’ve ever failed to score in five or more league games at any stage of a
campaign was a six-game run between December 1985 to February 1986.

While the sole Premier League side to have ever gone longer than four matches without
a goal is Crystal Palace, who took seven matches in 2017-18 before finally breaking their
duck.

But that Palace team did go on to finish 11th and none of the other four Premier League
teams who also failed to score in their opening four matches ended up finishing lower
than that.

Coincidentally, one of those sides was actually Unai Emery’s Aston Villa just
12 months ago as they roared into form to eventually finish fourth and lift the Europa
League.