While I'll always revel in Sp*rs' misfortune, its difficult not to sympathise with their predicament. They are, like us, suffering because of a steep playing field where success correlates simply with how much money you have. CL football was so important to them because of the ability to attract top talent and trying to avoid your best players leaving, just like us. They were having their most successful ever season, and then imploded - just like we tend to do...

...but in a specific, rather than a general way its stretching a point to say Chelsea bought that trophy on Saturday. They won firstly through sheer good luck, secondly through mental strength, and thirdly through pragmatic Mourinho-style tactics, the second and third of which are the main problems with Wenger's teams. So while the Chelsea win, and its ramifications for more or less ensuring that they will remain a stronger club than our's for the forseeable future - sickens me, it also turns an uncomfortable mirror on our own team.