Ange Postecoglou's team may have been spared equaling an October 1955 record of five league defeats in a month.
But with only one fit centreback in Radu Dragusin, a skittish Spurs defence threw away another two points.
Goalkeeper Fraser Forster could certainly have done more to get in the way of Stand Larsen's ferocious strike from a narrow angle.
But Postecoglou (left) was infuriated by how much space the striker was permitted when receiving a pass from the impressive Rayan Ait-Nouri.
And that mistake undid some solid, if unspectacular, work from Spurs after they battled back from conceding early to Hee-chan Hwang with Rodrigo Bentancur equalising before Brennan Johnson put them in front on the stroke of half-time.
Their fragility was evident inside seven minutes when Hwang was left unmarked on the edge of the area to gratefully receive Ait-Nouri's short free-kick.
The Korean, making a first league start since August, had ample time and space before sending a delightful right-footed finish in off the post.
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