It would be just like Tottenham Hotspur to take on a side languishing near the bottom of the table coming off two wins thanks to a “new manager bounce”. That’s the situation this weekend against Wolverhampton Wanderers.

A hitherto entertaining Tottenham attack were bereft of ideas against the inspired pairing of Nikola Milenkovic and Murillo, as Ange Postecoglou 's off-colour Lilywhites fell to their second straight Premier League defeat and an embarrassing fourth from their last five matches in the top flight.

Spurs will be happy to get out of 2024, but the immediate future is not necessarily any brighter.