It said plenty about the scale of Tottenham's winter selection crisis that the squad for Sunday's scrappy 1-0 win over Manchester United appeared to be in a refreshingly robust state.
Five players returned from injury, with goalscorer James Maddison and goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario starting and starring, and for the first time since early November, there were no untested academy players making up the numbers on Ange Postecoglou's bench.
