Goodness knows what Mauricio Pochettino made of this dismal surrender.
In the battle for ninth place, interim Chelsea boss Frank Lampard is struggling to stay relevant after falling to a 13th defeat in his last 14 games as a manager.
An if former Tottenham messiah Pochettino, in advanced talks about taking over as head coach at Stamford Bridge this summer, was tuning in, he would have found Newsnight more reassuring than Match of the Day highlights on the other channel.
