Tottenham are enduring their worst start to the year, with a 2-1 defeat at home dropping them to 12th place in the league. This loss extended their dismal run to just one win in seven league matches,

It’s increasingly clear that Ange Postecoglou has taken Spurs and somehow – genuinely quite impressively, really – made them more Spurs than they have ever been before. What you have historically been able to rely on from Spurs is an entertaining team that has some very good days and some eye-wateringly bad ones while never really being any real long-term threat to you if you are one of the serious clubs that tries to do things properly.

Ange Postecoglou says he has “no problem” with James Maddison watching the PDC World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace on the same day he could not start Tottenham Hotspur’s draw with Wolverhampton Wanderers because of illness.