Sick chants mar Defoe’s double blast

Tottenham 3 West Ham 1

Because, ultimately, there was one massive blemish on an otherwise brilliant game for Spurs — a series of disgraceful chants from the away crowd which were either anti-semitic or concerning the violence that Tottenham experienced in Rome on Thursday.

Unfortunately, it all only adds to a season in which off-pitch events have generally taken the attention away from the football. At the least, the football that was on show here from Spurs was quite impressive. It has taken them a while to produce it though.