With every tiny glimmer of hope, be it progress in one of the cups or someone returning from injury there comes a result in the Premier League to deepen the gloom for Tottenham.
Last week, defeat at Everton against a team who had forgotten how to score. Now this. Defeat against a team who had forgotten how to win. Or even draw.
Leicester arrived in N17 on a run of seven successive defeats, one from a club record in the Premier League. And they won, fighting back from a goal down to score twice in five minutes at the start of the second half.