Heavy defeat to Chelsea a good litmus test for Ange's army

Suddenly the Aussie alchemist's mettle was being tested, in the white hot crucible of a fierce London derby

Defeat to Chelsea is the first of the season for Spurs and Postecoglou.

When Ange Postecoglou calms down - and that may take a while - he will realise he needed a game like this, to find out what his players were really made of.

Two sent off and another two off injured to return who knows when: suddenly - and for the first time since swapping Glasgow for N17 - the Aussie alchemist's mettle was being tested, in the white-hot crucible of a fierce London derby.