This was a day for Tottenham Hotspur to learn their lessons as the pressure mounts in the Premier League run-in. Spurs have been flying in recent weeks with goals galore but they need to learn that not every side is going to give them the space they require to thrive.
It has been a different week for Tottenham and their head coach. Antonio Conte is used to being fully involved in training sessions and getting close to his players, in and around them and working with them one-to-one. Instead this week was spent with the Covid-hit Italian bellowing - as much as he could with a hoarse throat - from afar while his staff took the sessions.
He tested negative on Friday and decided to travel separately to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday morning, even though he was fine to go on the coach, taking that little extra precaution against passing it on to his players within the tighter confines of the vehicle.
