BR - What a difference a season can make.
After 27 games of the last campaign, Andres Villas-Boas was given his marching orders from Stamford Bridge, having guided Chelsea to fifth position in the Premier League, below London rivals Arsenal and Tottenham.
After 27 games in 2012/13, AVB finds his Spurs side in third place, having edged past his former employer Chelsea with a dramatic late goal from man-of-the-hour Gareth Bale at West Ham on Monday.
