Harry Kane should now be in a happier mood after ending a recent goal drought (Picture: Getty)

Enjoy the sensory overload.

This is the Tottenham trademark. When you least expect it you get something special and then you suddenly remember supporting Spurs is about never quite knowing what’s going to happen next.

Manchester City have had their early season gloss peeled away by recent results but, after the shambles of Wednesday night when we played a makeshift defence, rested players and were duly punished for it, Spurs’ attentions slowly turned to Saturday.

Redemption would be a far cry, considering the overwhelming quality of the visitors, but this was also a side primed to exert their own cleansing after losing at home to West Ham the previous weekend.




I’m still seething over our cup exit.

Coaches and players do not care much about the Capital One Cup and this was perfectly illustrated by the rotation.

The game isn’t always about glory. It’s about fixture list management.

It’s also about protecting players for games that Mauricio Pochettino perceives as being more important for the long term.

There’s an argument to be had in favour of this. We beat Manchester City 4-1.

It creates an aura of renewed confidence and momentum.

Winning a north London derby rewards bragging rights, but in that instance, it’s for something that isn’t acknowledged as being truly influential, even if the supporters disagree.

That was Wednesday.

Saturday, isolated from the misdemeanour’s of the derby game, was truly wondrous.

Form…

Six games unbeaten in the league, three wins on the trot, a solid defensive record, a side averaging an age of 24. City’s heaviest defeat for an absolute age.

Stats that matter.

Eric Dier has been a revelation since being pushed up into midfield (Picture: Getty Images)

Dier is great…

We wanted a defensive midfielder in the summer. Eric Dier was stuck in centre midfield to do the job with questionable versatility. Now look at him.

He’s tenacious, tactically astute, fights for the team and possesses leadership qualities.

His daisy-cutter equaliser was a pivotal moment in the game.

I loved his post-match comments about grafting hard to prove the doubters wrong.

Kane IS able…

Finally the moody Harry Kane sticks a smile across his face – and ours – by scoring one of the three disputed ‘offside’ goals the game dished up (special thanks to Mark Clattenburg and supporting officials for the final scoreline and thoughts with Son Heung-Min – the only player to have scored an offside goal and have it disallowed), scooping the ball in from Christian Eriksen’s thunderous free-kick off the woodwork.

His performance deserved it. So its one down, thirty to go.

Pochettino knows best…

I still don’t agree the 4-1 forgives the 1-2 (defeat to Arsenal), but he got it right against City.

The line-up and tempo, the fortitude and intensity of application.

We started off slow and raised our game to boss it by the end. Modern coaches preferring profound results over romanticism and rivalry.

Erik Lamela is making the most of a second chance at Tottenham (Picture: Getty Images)

La la la la Lamela…



The best thing that happened to Erik Lamela is almost leaving the club on loan.

We gave up hope. Yet now he appears to be physically and mentally compatible and competitive with ample effectiveness.

He has end product. Another assist, a dipping cross for Toby Alderweireld to head in and his goal was the icing on the cake, dancing around the hapless Willy Caballero to slot home, after a brilliant piece of skill from Clinton N’Jie out wide to put him through.

Happy days.

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