True test lies ahead for Harry’s Spurs

THE feeling at White Hart Lane was that victory – Tottenham’s first in five league games – meant that a minor crisis was now over.

The reality, however, is that a more significant test of Spurs’s ability to reclaim a top four spot lies in the immediate weeks ahead when we are likely to discover the true depth and quality of Harry Redknapp’s squad.

Recent times have proved testing for the north London club as they attempt to combine their role as Champions League newcomers with that of Premier League heavyweights.