Samba strikes to~sink Spurs again

Samba curled home a fine strike to secure Rovers’ sixth straight victory and only their second triumph at White Hart Lane in a decade.

Ramos, appointed as Martin Jol’s successor on Saturday night, will have been wondering how Spurs managed to throw it away as he looked on from the directors’ box.

They dominated from the first whistle and Robbie Keane’s 49th-minute penalty was a fitting reward for his side’s ascendancy.

Aaron Lennon forced a last-gasp save from Brad Friedel as Spurs went in search of a second but Benni McCarthy struck on the hour mark to set up a tense climax that was completed when Congo defender Samba fired his remarkable late winner.