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Sky Sports' Jamie Redknapp believes Tottenham's 1-0 home defeat to Chelsea was "one of the worst performances" by Spurs, as boss Thomas Frank played down being snubbed by some of his players at full-time after they were booed off.

A toothless Tottenham suffered a fifth straight defeat to London rivals Chelsea as they mustered just one shot on target in a dismal defeat.

A sorry Spurs were loudly booed off by their own fans as Joao Pedro's first-half winner deepened Spurs' home woes, with Frank's side suffering a 12th loss in their last 19 league games at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

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Footage has since emerged on social media at full-time showing defenders Micky van de Ven and Djed Spence ignoring Frank's request to applaud the fans.

On the incident, Frank said at his post-match press conference: "All the players are, of course, frustrated. They would like to do well, to win, to perform well, so I understand that.

"I think it's a part which is difficult, of course, to be consistent in good times and bad times, that's why I went around to the fans, as I did. It's more fun when you win, I can tell you that."

Asked whether their behaviour was acceptable, he replied: "I understand why you ask the question, but I think that's the, how can you say, one of the small issues.

"We have Micky van de Ven and Djed Spence doing everything they can. I think they have performed very well so far this season.

"Everyone is frustrated. We do things in a different way, so I don't think it's a big problem."

Frank on record-low xG: It hurts massively

The loss to Chelsea saw Tottenham record the lowest expected goals (0.05xG) by a Premier League team this season and their lowest on record since Opta started collecting Premier League xG data in 2012/13.

Questioned about the record-low xG, Frank said: "I would say that, of course, hurts massively.

"I've never been in charge of a team that created that little in one game, never. So that of course, I will look into what we can do to make it better, but I think that's one thing.

"I think everything is a little bit linked. And today we didn't hit the level."

The dreadful performance irked the home support, who showed their frustration throughout.

Asked whether he understood the boos, Frank responded: "Yes, 100 per cent. I think we all sense the frustration and the emotions that's part of football. It's extremely painful.

"That's part of the job to face you guys now and answer the very good questions, when you just are burning inside and you like to find solutions, watch the game back, see what went wrong, all that. But I think it's about trying to stay calm in general.

"I think Chelsea were good. We were definitely second best. We performed badly. I think we lacked energy and intensity. That freshness, we didn't have that.

"Then I think the high pressure they came with, I don't think we solved it well enough, even though we worked on it, so that we need to keep working on.

"Our high pressure, we lacked a little bit in the beginning until we got on top of it. Then they went up 1-0, and then we were chasing, and that was just a bad circle - chasing, lagging, intensity, energy, bad decisions."

Redknapp: Tottenham were so poor

Tottenham failed to have a shot on target in the second half, and they created zero big chances in the defeat to the Blues.

The display led ex-Spurs midfielder Redknapp to label it one of their worst ever.

He told Sky Sports: "It didn't look hard [to play against Spurs] tonight. That was as easy as it gets. If it were a boxing match, they'd have stopped it.

"Tottenham were so poor. I actually thought they'd have a real go tonight, but that was one of the worst performances I've seen from Tottenham.

"They have won three home games in the last year, and I would probably put that as No 1 because if you flip it to some of the other games, like last season when they lost 4-3, at least they had a real go.

"They got after teams, it could have gone either way, and it was exciting.

"That today, they never laid a glove on Chelsea. They had no idea to play out, they had no understanding and they were missing challenges. They made it so easy for Chelsea."

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Tottenham Hotspur host Chelsea at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in a huge Premier League London derby on Saturday November 1, live on Sky Sports.

Tottenham enter the weekend third in the Premier League table, five points behind leaders Arsenal after beating Everton 3-0 last Sunday.

Thomas Frank's side will be looking to bounce back from their midweek exit of the Carabao Cup following a 2-0 loss at Newcastle.

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Chelsea are three points behind Spurs but down in ninth place in the Premier League after a shock 2-1 home defeat to Sunderland last weekend.

Enzo Maresca's side did reach the Carabao Cup quarter-finals in midweek after a thrilling 4-3 win over Wolves.

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Spurs vs Chelsea odds and score prediction

Sky Sports' Lewis Jones...

You know a Premier League season has gone a bit rogue when Micky van de Ven, a centre-back who failed to score last season, is Tottenham's top scorer with five goals. But here we are. And for punters, that is where the value hides.

Because at 14/1 with Sky Bet to score anytime against Chelsea, the Dutchman looks a cracking price in a season where defenders have suddenly become the headline acts.

This Premier League season is producing record levels of goals from corners and free-kicks, something which still isn't being factored into the markets. Excluding penalties, 67 of the 241 goals scored this season have come via a set-piece (27.8 per cent). And 45 of those 241 goals scored have come via corners (18.7 per cent), a higher proportion than any other Premier League season.

At 14/1 anytime, Van de Ven's implied probability is just 6.7 per cent. Given his form, Spurs' relentless set-piece output and Chelsea's defending, that number underplays the true probability.

SCORE PREDICTION: 2-3 | JONES KNOWS' BEST BET: Micky van de Ven to score (14/1 with Sky Bet)

Spurs vs Chelsea team news

Tottenham boss Thomas Frank confirmed defenders Cristian Romero and Destiny Udogie are available to face Chelsea.

Captain Romero and left-back Udogie have not played since October 4.

Winger Wilson Odobert is also in contention, having missed Spurs' last two games.

Frank said Dominic Solanke will not return before the November international break after he had minor ankle surgery.

Chelsea will be without Cole Palmer once again as he continues to recover from a groin injury.

Levi Colwill, Benoit Badiashile and Dario Essugo also remain sidelined with injury while Liam Delap is suspended after being sent off in Wednesday's Carabao Cup tie at Wolves.

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