Work ethic and red-hot striker allow AVB another shot

Fulham 0 Tottenham 3

That these three points, acquired thanks to a workman-like victory over Fulham came in west London, two miles down the road from his old office at Stamford Bridge, was appropriate. Cast aside by Chelsea’s Russian billionaire owner Roman Abramovich earlier this calendar year, Villas-Boas sought another spot to crack English football. Now, slowly but surely, he seems to be doing it.

“I just want the fans to get behind the team,” he said. “It is the team who have been absolutely amazing. The praise must be all for them.