According to the laws of motion, what goes up must come down – and for Nuno Espirito Santo, his crash back to reality proved to be fatal.
On Monday morning, Spurs announced they had sacked the Portuguese boss after just four months into the job, with his dismissal coming 48 hours after their dismal defeat by a Manchester United side on the ropes.
Venomous jeers and boos rang out around Spurs' £1billion stadium when Nuno subbed off Lucas Moura for Steven Bergwijn, which lead to chants of 'you don't know what you're doing' while chairman Daniel Levy sat from up high and listened to what the fans thought.