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Jermaine Jenas has revealed ten Tottenham players were sick as their infamous 'lasagne-gate' defeat against West Ham cost them a Champions League spot back in 2006.
Spurs went into the final game of the season away against West Ham knowing they would qualify for the Champions League for the first time in history if they won at Upton Park.
A draw would also been sufficient provided Arsenal did not beat Wigan in their last ever game at Highbury.
But a number of Spurs players fell ill the night before with suspected food poisoning, which was blamed on a dodgy hotel lasagna.
It later emerged an outbreak of norovirus that swept through the squad was responsible for the violent sickness that derailed their Champions League bid.
Jermaine Jenas told Mark Noble 10 Tottenham players felt sick in their infamous 'lasagna-gate' game against West Ham on the final day of the 2005-06 season
Spurs lost 2-1 to West Ham at Upton Park on the final day of the season and were pipped to a Champions League spot by Arsenal
Their energy sapped by the bug, Tottenham lost 2-1 against West Ham, while Thierry Henry scored a hat-trick as Arsenal beat Wigan 4-2 to qualify for European football's top competition at their local rivals' expense.
'There was this moment where we were sat in the dressing room and there were eight, nine, 10 people being sick everywhere,' Jenas, who did not feature against West Ham, told former Hammers captain Mark Noble on TNT Sports.
'One is in the toilet, one’s in the sink, one’s in a bucket, everyone’s just being sick everywhere.'
Jenas added that Michael Carrick had to dissuade Martin Jol from replacing Edgar Davids, on the basis the Dutchman was the only player who was not suffering from the virus.
The former Juventus and Barcelona midfielder delivered a sub-par performance, but Carrick pleaded with Jol to be taken off instead as he was
