When Emerson Royal’s shot flew out of the Vitality Stadium, going clean over the Steve Fletcher Stand and into the car park, the Tottenham supporters sang: ‘What the f***ing hell was that?’
Not an unfair question from the fans. They could have been asking it of Tottenham’s performance on a whole as an uninspiring display led them towards a third straight Premier League defeat.
Yet somehow, once trailing 2-0 to Bournemouth, a switch was flicked. Tottenham started to resemble a side pushing for a top-four finish and came back to win 3-2. Ugly or not, Antonio Conte was content.