Gary Neville amazed at 'staggering' Tottenham reveal that needs addressing

Gary Neville was amazed at a "staggering" statistic that flashed up during Tottenham Hotspur's draw with Manchester United.

Spurs' inability to take advantage of a dominant period, and numerous chances throughout, saw them settle for a 1-1 draw at Old Trafford.

In the end that was considered a point gained after Rodrigo Bentancur was sent off not long after Bryan Mbuemo opened the scoring for United.

However, Tottenham really should have been coming away with their first win of the season after dominating Saturday evening's contest.

Roberto De Zerbi's side have made a habit of going behind in matches, without ever being able to truly turn things around.

That is something that was flagged during Sky Sports' live coverage, with Neville not hiding his surprise.

Tottenham's dreadful comeback record

Tottenham generated an expected goals (xG) value of 1.62, compared to United's 0.80.

That tells you all you need to know about the visitors' dominance, with four big chances created to United's one.

The difference is that Mbuemo scored from that one chance, whereas Spurs failed to do so until Dominic Solanke's late leveller.

Spurs showed great character to find an equaliser when a man light, but it could have been so much more.

A win was never on the cards after Mbuemo's opener, though, based on Tottenham's record when going down.

As pointed out on Sky Sports, Spurs had gone 48 matches in all competitions - now 49 - without winning when conceding first.

For context, Everton and Leeds United are next on the list among Premier League teams on nine games.

As Neville said, it is a "staggering statistic" given just how badly the Lilywhites struggle when going behind.

It effectively means that if De Zerbi's men trail, the best they can hope for in matches is a solitary point.

When was last time Tottenham started this slowly - and what happened next?

Tottenham are now six games without a Premier League win to begin the campaign.

De Zerbi's side remain in the relegation zone and can have no complaints about that.

It was not all that long ago, relatively speaking, that Spurs last started a campaign six games without a win.

That came in 2008-09, having also previously done so in the top flight in 1955-56 and 1912-13.

On that occasion, Tottenham sacked Juande Ramos and brought in Harry Redknapp to turn things around.

Spurs went on to finish in eighth place, which supporters would no doubt happily accept if offered to them right now.