TO BASICS

His defence, Tottenham will be back in the Europa League

relied on to dig Spurs out of trouble, even though his late penalty here rescued a point.

The north Londoners will be in the Europa League next season unless they strengthen defensively next month.

Napoli colossus Kalidou Koulibaly wants out of the Italian club but might be too expensive, and has both Manchester clubs chasing him.

But Bournemouth’s Nathan

Ake could be available for around £40million. So too Benfica’s 22-year-old

Ruben Dias. The options are there.

Without reinforcements the next six months are on course to become a whiteknuckle ride.

And at the end of it

Spurs fans will have to brace themselves for disappointment

– a year after seeing their side in the Champions League final. Had Teemu Pukki’s goal stood, the Canaries would have been two up after Mario Vrancic’s opener. Instead VAR ruled Pukki (left) offside even though his feet were well on. The technology did Spurs a favour. Norwich still grabbed a second when dozy Serge Aurier turned the ball past his own keeper on 61 minutes.

That goal came shortly after Christian Eriksen had curled in a belter of a free-kick. And it was left to Kane to ensure Spurs were not embarrassed.

The dropped points masked a fine performance from Tanguy Ndombele, who appeared two moves in front of his opponents. And Erik Lamela’s cameo was also a source of consolation for Tottenham.

But Mourinho reminds you of the Pulp Fiction character Jules Winnfield as he tries “real hard” not to allow his anger to become “the guns of the Navarone” or “Superfly on TNT”.

The Spurs boss has a threshold for all the poor defending he is prepared to take. At any time he could blow. That time could be fast approaching.