ured when he went to deliver a hit on Lions tight end Eric E

Every year there are one or two teams that come out of the gates in excellent form, surprising fans and pundits alike. Through the first three months of the season, that club was Tottenham Hotspur.The north London side opened their league campaign by going unbeaten in their first 12 matches, reaching as high as second place in the table. However, Mauricio Pochettinos club has hit a bit of a snag recently and will look to find its form against Hull City on Wednesday night at White Hart Lane.After Spurs opening winning streak was snapped Nov. 26, they got back to their winning ways the following week with a 5-0 thrashing of Swansea City. Tottenham (7-6-2) came back to earth again Sunday following a hard-fought 1-0 defeat at the hands of a resurgent Manchester United.Henrikh Mkhitaryan, the much-maligned summer signing from Borussia Dortmund, struck for the only goal in the 29th minute. Spurs best chance to equalise against United came in the 55th minute as Christian Eriksen teased a free-kick into the box. Victor Wanyama lost his marker but mistimed his header from six yards.It was a close game, they were more clinical than us in the boxes and its for that (reason) we lost the game, Pochettino said. Its always the case in football and when you play a team like Manchester United, its important to be clinical when you have the opportunities to score.Spurs must quickly put that result in the past be ready to face Hull City.We have to put that frustration and anger and use it in the right way, we cant change this, so we have to use it in the right way and try to get three points at home on Wednesday night, defender Toby Alderweireld said.Hull City (3-3-9) come into the clash in need of points, riding a five-match winless streak in league play following Saturdays wild 3-3 stalemate against Crystal Palace.Defending was at a premium as Robert Snodgrass, Adama Diomande and Jake Livermore all found the net for the Tigers, but Christian Benteke and Wilfried Zaha scored for Palace before Fraizer Campbell netted the final equaliser with 89 minutes on the clock.While Diomande and his teammates were disappointed not to take three points, there were plenty of positives.I think we were all disappointed about the final result, but there are a lot of positives that we can take from the game, the Norwegian striker said. It was probably the best we have played at home this season and we were happy to see the combination between midfield and attack working well.Unfortunately we have missed the opportunity to take all of the points, but we havent lost in our last three league games at home now, and the real positive from Saturday was scoring three goals.Hull havent beaten Tottenham since their first Premier League game against them in October 2008, and have never scored more than once in their eight Premier League games versus Spurs.Hull City are on a run of five successive defeats away from home in the Premier League and havent scored in the last three. Gerald Green Jersey . Sgt. Eric ONeal says most of the arrests at Monday nights game were for public drunkenness, though one person was taken into custody on suspicion of trying to steal a seat from the stadium. PJ Tucker Jersey . 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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- New York Giants cornerback Janoris Jenkins underwent testing on Monday, and the team is optimistic he avoided serious injury in Sundays 17-6 victory over the Detroit Lions, a source confirmed to ESPN.Jenkins left the game with what the team called a back injury.It was a nasty collision; we took every precaution we could, Giants coach Ben McAdoo said Monday, adding it was too early to say whether Jenkins would be able to play in what might be a playoff-clinching game for the Giants on Thursday. Everything checked out. Right now, its a painful bruised back.The NFL Network reported earlier Monday that the testing had ruled out the possibility of any serious internal injury.In a text to ESPNs Josina Anderson on Sunday, Jenkins said, Im good. Im fine.A source told Anderson that Jenkins was having the testing on his back to confirm that he did not have a compression fracture, as well as to evaluate for internal injuries.Jenkins was injured when he went to deliver a hit on Lions tight end Eric Ebron in the first half. Jenkins crumbled to the ground after the violent collision and was hhelped off the field by a trainer.ddddddddddddJenkins has started all 14 games for the Giants this season and has missed just four games in his five-year career.Hes tough, man. With the part of Florida hes from [Pahokee], those boys [are] tough down there, Giants starting linebacker and defensive captain Jonathan Casillas said after Sundays game. So I expect him to be back. I just dont know the severity of the injury.The Giants (10-4) can clinch a playoff berth with a win Thursday night in Philadelphia against the?Eagles. Veteran Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie is expected to start in Jenkins place if hes unable to play.Jenkins, who signed a five-year deal worth $62.5 million this offseason, has been one of the Giants best and most consistent players. The team has used him to shadow the opponents No. 1 wide receiver.Jenkins has limited Antonio Brown, A.J. Green and Dez Bryant (twice) to well under 100 yards receiving.Information from the Associated Press was used in this report. ' ' '