Just days after beating Manchester United 3-0 -- their best ever result at Old Trafford -- Tottenham turned in one of their more abject displays to slump to a 2-1 away defeat to Watford. It was one of those games where nothing appeared to go right. Even being gifted the lead, courtesy of a freak own goal, wasn't enough to spark Tottenham into life. The defence twice went to sleep at set pieces and the attack wasn't incisive enough in the last 15 minutes to claw back a point and salvage Spurs' unbeaten start to the season.
After the game, it wasn't just the fans who were at a loss to explain what had gone wrong, though many were bemused at the decision to revert to a back three when a more orthodox back four had proved exceptional at Old Trafford.