Jacques Santini, the Spurs head coach, responded with commendable wryness to Mourinho's accusation of spoiling tactics. "If Mr Mourinho is winning 1-0 at Highbury, it is possible he would do the same," Santini said. "I understand he is not happy because they missed a chance to go level with Arsenal at the top. When we play against a big and good team, we have to defend. When we played Norwich, it was the other way round; Norwich defended. It was very important for my young team to get a point." Particularly as Spurs' record against Chelsea is atrocious. It is now 29 league games since Tottenham last vanquished Chelsea.