THOUGH a hard-won point and bizarre VAR incidents will distract from Tottenham’s woe on Saturday and beyond, a 1-1 home draw against Watford seems unlikely to provide the watershed moment Mauricio Pochettino hopes it will for his beleaguered club.

Watford dug in to defend a fragile 1-0 lead for all of 80 minutes before Dele Alli’s late equaliser saved the hosts from defeat against the winless Hornets.

That salvation was marred by a bewildering technical error, as screens in the stadium showed that VAR — checking for handball — had ruled out the goal, even while the referee signalled the opposite.