Tottenham have seen their 100 per cent winning record in the Premier League this season broken by Bournemouth.
Evanilson’s goal proved to be the difference between the two sides in north London, although the hosts can count themselves rather fortunate to not have lost by a greater margin as the Cherries spurned many opportunities.
Tottenham’s new £51million signing Xavi Simons was presented to supporters before kick-off, helping to improve the pre-match atmosphere inside the stadium.
The mood was positive. After all, Spurs went into the game on the back of wins over Burnley and Manchester City to start the season, though they produced their worst performance so far under new head coach Thomas Frank.
The hosts fell behind inside four minutes when Evanilson’s shot took a wicked deflection off Cristian Romero and ended up in the net.
From there, Antoine Semenyo and David Brooks both had opportunities to extend the lead but were wayward with their shooting let Spurs - who failed to muster a single shot in the opening period - off the hook.
A smattering of boos greeted the half-time whistle and yet the one-way traffic continued after the break as Vicario saved from Semenyo before a crazy passage of play in the 49th minute.
Firstly, Senesi went down inside the area after slight contact by Mohammed Kudus, but play carried on and Vicario dived at the feet of Evanilson and Brooks' follow-up shot struck the crossbar.
The drama was not over there as Richarlison was hauled down by the already-booked Semenyo moments later, but referee Simon Hooper elected to keep the second yellow in his pocket.
Frank had seen enough and introduced Lucas Bergvall and Wilson Odobert after 54 minutes.
After Tavernier sent a shot into the side-netting, Spurs finally had their first shot on target with 69 minutes played when Bergvall's left-footed effort from Richarlison's tee-up was saved by Petrovic.
Left-back Destiny Udogie was the next roll of the dice by Frank and he almost provided an instant impact, but his deflected cross was smashed over from 12 yards by Odobert.
The pressure was finally being piled on, but Petrovic claimed a difficult cross before Mathys Tel sent a sweet volley wide from 20 yards in the first of seven minutes of added time.
One final free-kick offered Tottenham the chance to salvage an undeserved point, but Udogie headed wide to consign Frank to his first league defeat in charge.
Additional reporting by PA.
