The previous four had been must-win, hiding-to-nothing fixtures, against struggling sides in West Ham, Wolves, Southampton and Leicester. Tottenham may be only a few places above those teams and as shorn of belief as any of them, but derby wins count double, as the full-time atmosphere proved. Maresca wanted momentum almost as much as he did points from this evening; if they cannot quite find it on the pitch right now then at least it is building in the air.
