Nobody enjoys seeing a decent man walking the plank, but for Graham Potter this might be the tipping point.
As Oliver Skipp and Harry Kane bagged only Tottenham's eighth win in 62 Premier League meetings with Chelsea, the Blues head coach looked a broken man. In a ruthless business where winning is the only currency that matters, Chelsea's wretched form – one win in 11 games in 2023, and just six goals in 12 Premier League games – comes with a three-digit warning code: P45.
Fire and brimstone are welcome ingredients at any derby, but Potter's side brought only synthetic bravado to the party. Owner Todd Boehly's loyalty to his head coach has been a refreshing change from the knee-jerk tendency, but as scientist Albert Einstein warned: Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.