Brighton outplayed Tottenham and were robbed by the officials in Saturday's 2-1 defeat in north London, but the match was still a poor audition for the Spurs job from Roberto De Zerbi.
The Italian seemed determined to impose himself on both the occasion and Spurs's acting head coach Cristian Stellini, angrily berating his opposite number before kick-off. Afterwards, De Zerbi accused Stellini of "disrespecting" him, but refused to say how (the most plausible explanation is that De Zerbi misconstrued some of Stellini's mild and complimentary remarks at his pre-match press conference).
