Antonio Conte's first game at Tottenham had more action and thrill than the whole of Nuno Santo' tenure combined. It had goals, red cards, controversy, blood and it was all too Spursy as well.

Just when you thought that Spurs would run away with it by scoring more than 3 goals, Vitesse hit back with two goals in the first half itself. Just when you'd have thought that Spurs would choke in a trademark way after the Cristian Romero red card, Vitesse were reduced to ten men too. Not too long later, they had their goalkeeper sent off in an acrimonious way.

Spurs did hold on to the win in London, but it was a reminder of the fact that Conte will have his work cut out to improve the team mentally and defensively. While we saw Conte use a lot of his prefered shapes, it was a fitting introduction to a club which never rests easy.