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Published 12:46 15 May 2022 BST
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Fans of Spurs will be praying that there is no repeat of the infamous Lasagna-gate episode back in 2006 which ultimately cost them a place in the top four.
With just one game of the season to play in the 2005/06 campaign, Spurs simply needed to match Arsenal's result to secure their place in the Champions League.
Spurs ended up losing the game 2-1 with the several key players turning in below-par performances after it emerged as many as 10 of them had been suffering from a stomach bug.
The club were left so concerned by the number of absences that environmental health officers were called to the training ground to take away samplings of the food players had been eating for testing.
Health authorities later declared that the players had been suffering from food poisoning, with the incident given the famous title of 'Lasagna-gate'.
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