Jose Mourinho has a reputation for being a very defensive, pragmatic coach, but his best sides have been built around a creative attacking midfielder, with Mesut Ozil, Deco, Cesc Fabregas, Oscar, Wesley Sneijder and Frank Lampard all playing their best football during his time with them.

Dele Alli is next, or so his performance at West Ham in a 3-2 win certainly suggests. Mourinho's tactical setup is perfectly suited to getting the most out of Alli, a player who works best in a direct system which allows him to act on instinct.

Mauricio Pochettino's Spurs had become overly patient and predictable by the end of his tenure, passing their way up the pitch even when it allowed opposition defences to get behind the ball and shut games down. Lacking the intense high-press of previous seasons, that Christian Eriksen has seemed distracted and out of sorts on the pitch has meant Spurs have also lacked their most creative outlet, kept quiet by teams sat in a low block as a result.

Mourinho said before the West Ham game that he hadn't altered anything drastically, but subtle tweaks in style were evident. "Tactically not big changes," he told BT Sport. "[We've changed] little important things that we think can help to get our objectives."