As the rain fell on Antonio Conte during this miserable defeat to Wolves, two thoughts would have drifted across the Italian’s mind. One, which is a not a new realisation, is the scale of the task he faces to turn Tottenham into a side that looks even remotely capable of finishing in the top four, and two, that when things really go wrong at Spurs they invariably do so in spectacular and calamitous fashion.
Bruno Lage’s impressive Wolves side are now a point ahead of Tottenham in the Premier League table and in touching distance of the top four with games in hand, but in truth they did not require anything special to claim an important away win. Instead, they were gifted two opening goals that bordered on slapstick and as Tottenham’s top-four bid suffered a damaging blow, it would have done so to the tune of laughter from those other sides in contention for the Champions League places.
