The future of Juande Ramos, the Tottenham manager, looks increasingly bleak after his side were beaten 1-0 by Hull City at White Hart Lane.

A goal from Geovanni after nine minutes gave Hull their second successive Premier League victory in North London following their 2-1 win over Arsenal last Saturday. The defeat leaves Tottenham rock-bottom of the Premier League without a win in their first seven games - their worst start in 96 years.

Heurelho Gomes, the Tottenham goalkeeper, was left helpless as Hull's Brazilian forward struck a curling 30-yard free-kick that fizzed into the top corner. Hull could have gone further ahead after the break, but Dean Marney hit the post. Jonathan Woodgate had Tottenham's best chance hitting the post in the first half.

Hull's wonderful start has now taken them to third place in the league table but of more immediate relevance was Tottenham's third home league defeat of the season which left them stranded rock bottom of the Premier League with just two points and had Hull fans revelling in their misery.

Hull fans chanted, "You're getting sacked in the morning," as Ramos stood in statuesque silence on the touchline on a day which had begun with reports linking Terry Venables with a return to White Hart Lane.

It never looked like being Tottenham's day and they might have gone behind after three minutes when a mistake by Woodgate left Geovanni in space eight yards from goal with just Gomes to beat. The Brazilian blasted the ball wildly over the bar.

Five minutes later, however, Geovanni showed just why he has been an integral part of Hull's wonderful start. He lined up a free-kick 30 yards out and this time sent the ball over the wall and into the top corner with Gomes rooted to his spot.

You could not fault Tottenham for effort. They poured forward in search of an equaliser but it is not work ethic they are lacking. It is organisation and creativity and the goals which disappeared when they sold Dimitar Berbatov and Robbie Keane in the summer.

Ramos will have cursed his luck when he saw Gareth Bale's swinging free kick touched on to the bar by Hull goalkeeper Boaz Myhill and when Woodgate swung a left-foot and also rattled the Hull woodwork. But, in truth, it was Hull who dominated the attacking exchanges and always looked the more dangerous and penetrative.

And they could easily have extended their lead when Marney spun on a pass on the edge of the penalty area and crashed a thunderous shot against the foot of a post only to see it rebound to safety. The departure of a limping Pavlyuchenko did not help the cause and his replacement Darren Bent struggled to make an impact.

David Bentley was thrown on to try to inject some life into his struggling side and Luka Modric went close on a couple of occasions. But Hull were worthy winners and while Tottenham claimed they should have had a penalty in the dying minutes when George Boateng appeared to bring down Campbell this time referee Rob Styles, who apologised for wrongly giving Manchester United a penalty against Bolton last weekend, was right to wave away the appeals.