Tottenham slumped to a second home defeat in four days and a third League reverse on the bounce to leave Antonio Conte needing to find answers ahead of a daunting trip to Manchester City next weekend.
If the hat-trick of defeats to Chelsea could be explained by the chasm in the quality between the two squads, it is harder to justify back-to-back losses to mid-table Southampton and Wolves, who were 2-0 up inside 18 minutes and held firm as Spurs flooded forward in the second half.
