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Lee Wilmot

Spurs news: VAR concern, the midfield conundrum, what's happened to Dele Alli?

Is there cause for concern at Tottenham?

Eight points from the first six games of the new Premier League season was not what anyone associated with the club would have wanted.

There have been some good performances, but there is plenty of inconsistency.

And letting leads slip has become the norm, a norm they must get out of quickly.

Many will have their say on what is going wrong at the club and here we take a look at the biggest stories from around Tottenham Hotspur in the past 24 hours.

The midfield conundrum

Another away game, another lead, another defeat.

It's turning into a bit of a nightmare for Tottenham.

And manager Mauricio Pochettino has a bit of a dilemma on his hands too.

Something is just not quite right about Spurs so far this season and with everything else that is going on around him, Pochettino has a bit of conundrum in the midfield, which was a problem last season but everyone expected to be fixed with Tanguy Ndombele coming in.

Who does Pochettino play and in what system?

Alasdair Gold takes a look and the dilemma.

VAR concern

It's fair to say Alan Shearer is not a big fan of VAR.

Tottenham have had luck with the technology in recent week and months, but luck was not on their side on Saturday.

A screen displays the VAR decision to disallow Serge Aurier's goal (LINDSEY PARNABY/AFP/Getty Images)

Spurs thought they had taken a 2-0 lead against Leicester at the King Power, only for VAR to intervene.

And Spurs went on to lose the game 2-1, with the Foxes' equaliser coming moments after the disallowed goal.

Shearer lambasted the technology on Match of the Day.

Read what he said here.

Missing players

There were some surprising calls made by Mauricio Pochettino for the game up at Leicester.

Hugo Lloris and Dele Alli were nowhere to be seen, while Christian Eriksen was left on the bench.

And things did not go well, with Spurs losing 2-1.

Pochettino has admitted he will be rotating his squad, given the number of games coming up in the next few weeks and he explained why Lloris and Alli were not involved.

Read all about that here.

Match action

Harry Kane scored a lovely goal, while on the floor, to give Spurs the lead at the King Power.

But a Ricardo Pereira strike and a James Maddison stunner turned it around to give Leicester all three points.

James Maddison celebrates against Spurs (Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)

There was more to the match than that of course, with two goals being ruled out by VAR.

Here's how we rated the players in defeat.

And you can relive all of the action right here.

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