Thomas Frank was never going to escape the North London Derby unscathed, given the cowardly performance his side produced at the Emirates.
The Dane set up his Spurs side with the sole focus of frustrating the league-leading hosts, who ran away with the contest after Leandro Trossard broke the deadlock towards the end of the first half.
Frank changed tack by introducing Xavi Simons at half-time, but Eberechi Eze's second goal of the contest killed Spurs' hopes of a 2010-like turnaround. Eze later completed his hat-trick to seal a 4-1 rout, with Arsenal manifesting the cohesiveness and brilliance of champions while the Lilywhites appeared bereft of purpose and intent.
It was a showing not too dissimilar to what we served up at home to Chelsea at the start of the month, and the nature of these two defeats have piled the pressure on the manager.
Some Tottenham players want Thomas Frank to change ways
The emotion of derby day meant there were calls for Frank's head in the aftermath of the defeat, and the manager rubbed up plenty the wrong way when he weaponised last season's 17th-place Premier League finish as a means of justifying the struggles we've endured at the start of his reign.
The Dane's squad is far from complete, and injuries are a mitigating factor, but Frank should be getting more out of this squad than he currently is. It's all too primitive.
Still, there's no suggestion that Spurs are preparing the guillotine. According to the Daily Telegraph's Matt Law, the club are willing to give Frank time to put things right.
However, Law also reported that some within believe the manager has contributed to the attacking malaise at the start of the season by tinkering too much with personnel, thus not allowing those in the frontline to develop the "connections" Frank often discusses as imperative.
Moreover, a few players would prefer more proactivity from the manager. There's a belief that Frank is focusing too much on nullifying the opposition, rather than playing to the strengths of his team. That has certainly been the case against the Premier League's top sides this term, although we did have success in the UEFA Super Cup and away at Manchester City.
So, while Frank will be in the job for the foreseeable, rumblings of discontent are beginning to emerge in N17. We've already seen Micky van de Ven and Djed Spence show dissent towards the boss after the aforementioned Chelsea defeat, and it's hard to imagine too many of Frank's squad being enamoured with the way they were asked to perform on Sunday.
Evolve or die, Thomas.