Two Tottenham defeats to Chelsea almost exactly two years apart, yet two very different exits from the pitch for the players.

Twenty-four months ago, Spurs were applauded off the turf following their nine-man display against their local rivals which almost brought a 2-2 draw before two late added time goals from Nicolas Jackson gave the scoreline a very different look.

The fans inside the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium did not care about those two late strikes. They had seen all the fight and bravery from the nine men they needed to and they clapped them off the pitch and sang Ange Postecoglou's name.

Fast forward to the current day and the boos rang out for Thomas Frank and his Spurs team after the 17 players involved failed to muster a fraction of the courage and intensity the nine men two years before had.

The Tottenham class of 2025 had laid down with a whimper in a 1-0 defeat that would have been far worse but for the saves of the in-form...