Questions were asked of us when, coming off of a midweek defeat to Juventus in the Champions League, we were floored by Bournemouth's whirlwind start which saw Stanislas hit the bar before giving his side the lead inside seven minutes.
And there was more consternation when top scorer Harry Kane limped off with an ankle injury on the half-hour mark - exactly a year ago to the weekend since he suffered a similar problem against Millwall in the FA Cup.
But the character shown by the team soon allayed any fears. With Christian Eriksen magnificent in the middle of the park, Dele Alli swept home the equaliser 10 minutes prior to half-time, before turning provider for Heung-Min Son to volley into the ground and past goalkeeper Asmir Begovic for 2-1 shortly beyond the hour mark.