In their anarchic draw with Liverpool, Spurs looked like a team shifting gear and becoming an obstacle for opponents again
![Something stirring in N17 as Spurs get their moment of ignition under Conte | Barney Ronay](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/768f2fb407d2d3952a2e43d799081c2cb9d47295/0_112_2300_1380/master/2300.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=8369c8506e7a97f9170f4259d05fb466)
Who are you exactly? And what have you done with
Tottenham Hotspur? At the end of a week menaced by illness, schedule horror and lurking event anxiety, something unexpected happened in north
London, as the players of Spurs and
Liverpool dished up a glorious, ragged, startlingly carefree game of
Football.
Both teams might have scored four or five, or none at all, although in the end a 2-2 draw felt fair enough. Both managers had complained in advance about a lack of planning time. Antonio Conte was forced to train with a set of static mannequins, a state of affairs that presents so many punchlines, not to mention an entire self-contained Eric Dier section, that it demands its own dedicated two-hour Spurs stand-up special.