Spurs lose at Portsmouth; Man City upset by Wigan

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Portsmouth Portsmouth defeated Tottenham 2-0 on Sunday, with Jermain Defoe and Peter Crouch scoring against their former club. In another Premier League game, Manchester City was upset 2-1 at Wigan.

Defoe scored on a penalty kick in the 34th minute for his 13th goal in 18 games since being sold by Tottenham. The victory was sealed in the 66th by Crouch, who was let go by Spurs in 2000 without making a competitive appearance.

The Spurs are in last place with just two points from their first six games one more than the previous worst start to a season in 1955.

Tottenham was angered that referee Mike Dean refused to award a penalty kick when Lassana Diarra blocked Aaron Lennon's cross with his hand in the 54th.

''It's true we're in a complicated situation,'' manager Juande Ramos said through a translator. ''Right now when things are going badly nobody seems to help us.''

Man City, which trounced Portsmouth 6-0 last weekend, was fuming at a contentious penalty-kick decision in the 34th minute that let Amr Zaki score the winner for Wigan.

Antonio Valencia put Wigan ahead in the 16th, but Vincent Kompany evened the score from close range five minutes later.