New backbone and Dele Alli’s knockout blows turn up brightness at Tottenham | David Hytner

Spurs’ 2-0 win over Chelsea was as impressive for the mature game management of Mauricio Pochettino’s side as Alli’s continued goalscoring exploitsOnce again Tottenham Hotspur were in the last chance saloon against Chelsea. Lose on Wednesday and the damage to their Premier League title hopes would most likely have been fatal. This time, however, it did not descend into the equivalent of one of those scenes in which bodies are hurled across the tables and gunfire shatters the wh