Different Spurs, same old story

Tottenham 1 Sunderland 0

In keeping some hugely respectable comebacks over the last few weeks, Andre Villas-Boas’s side illustrated admirable character to overcome riotously bad luck and ultimately do their job against Sunderland. From those circumstances, it was the kind of result they wouldn’t have pulled off a few seasons ago.

They didn’t, however, have a player like Gareth Bale a few seasons ago. He capped a fine personal campaign to score another screamer.