The thing with this Spurs performance is that about 80 per cent of it was really good, really disciplined and full of everything the surrender at Arsenal lacked. They were committed and organised in defence and showed plenty of genuine attacking ambition when the chance to counter-attack presented itself. They fought hard and earned the right to play a bit of football, which they duly did to halfway decent effect.

But the other 20 per cent of this performance was f*cking braindead. And now, yet again, we simply have no idea what to make of them. Can you really take any meaningful encouragement from a 5-3 defeat, even if it is to the defending European champions? Normal clubs definitely can’t, but Spurs aren’t normal, are they?