Mauricio Pochettino decided to drop all of the players who’d been giving him sleepless nights since the summer and boom, Tottenham Hotspur look like a competent football club with a desire to win matches once more.
A thumping home win against a Red Star side only really quite scary in their own backyard isn’t exactly a reason to get the ‘welcome home’ bunting out, but when you’ve lost to Brighton and drawn with Watford in the same month (not forgetting what happened last time the Champions League anthem was heard in North London), you’ll take any win you can stumble across.
If they can do the same again away at Liverpool on Sunday, well then I am truly listening.
Harry Kane channelled his inner-Teddy Sheringham to perfection on Tuesday night and Sonny ran the channels as freshly as a new-born lamb and finally, just finally, Tottenham fans were able to enjoy what was left of their night.
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