Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Manchester United: 5 Key Talking Points

#1 Tottenham need to play like this consistently - they owe that to football

Pochettino outclassed Mourinho

Rather good? Brilliant more like.

“We prepared to play in the opposite half from the first whistle. We tried to be aggressive, to put pressure on them, to dominate" said Pochettino - and the fact that his players did all that, and more was as much of a testament to his exceptional managerial skills as it was to the players' own individual capabilities.

In this sort of form, Spurs can be spellbindingly magnificent to watch - full of fast off-the-ball runs, incisive passing, and the kind of let's-get-to-the-point-already directness that would put John McClane to shame.

But they need to do this more often. The fact that they are fifth, five points behind a team they eviscerated with such ease on the night, is down to an infuriating inconsistency that really needs to be erased before we can start taking both Mauricio Pochettino and Tottenham Hotspur as serious title contenders - rather than entertainers who pull rabbits out of their hat on occasion.

Do it for football, Poch... it needs more of this.