Given a chance to make up for another baffling European slip-up last week, Tottenham fell flat in Monday’s matchup with Manchester City, falling meekly to the defending champions 1-0.

On a sloppy Wembley pitch still covered in markings from Sunday’s NFL game in London, Mauricio Pochettino’s men struggled to pose any sort of threat to Manchester City, finishing second best in every aspect of the game aside from who had the better uniform.

Even though they spent the majority of the game trailing thanks to a sixth-minute goal by Riyad Mahrez, there was never any sense of urgency to Spurs’ play. The early deficit did nothing to motivate Tottenham, who spent most of the game floating around like a team of white-clad ghosts, always too sloppy and directionless to give City’s defense any problems.

This was most apparent in the midfield, which was a complete non-factor until Dele Alli was brought on in the 75th as a sub. David Silva, Bernardo Silva and Fernandinho had their run of the center of the pitch, snuffing out every Spurs attack before it could become anything substantial, immediately sending the ball back the way it had come.

Spurs finally picked up a sense of nervous energy after Alli’s introduction, but even then they only had one real shot on goal. In the 80th, Alli dribbled through the City backline before cutting the ball back across the box to a completely unmarked Erik Lamela at point blank range. With all the time in the world and half the goal gaping open in front of him, the Argentinian reared back and fired the ball harmlessly over the crossbar.

Finally presented with an opportunity, Lamela just wasn’t ready, letting the chance slip, almost comically, right through his grasp.

While losing to City, a team that finished last season with a record top-flight point total, is nothing to be ashamed of, what will concern Pochettino is how easy it was for Pep Guardiola’s men to outclass Spurs on what was clearly not their best day. Maybe it was the state of the torn-up pitch, but City lacked the clinical precision that’s marked so many of their games over the last year, spurning a handful of beautiful scoring opportunities. But whether or not they were in top form, City never had to break a sweat, controlling the flow of play from whistle to whistle — attacking at will early, easily ushering the ball to safety late.

There was some thought at the end of the summer, after they emphatically dispatched Manchester United 2-0, that Spurs had finally figured out how to win a big game, but it’s since become clear that’s still not the case. As late Champions League collapses against Inter Milan and PSV Eindhoven and Monday’s tepid performance show, Pochettino’s men still have a ways to go before they’re ready to challenge for any of soccer’s biggest prizes.

Unfortunately, soccer was far from the main story in the Premier League this weekend. That’s because of a helicopter crash that claimed the life of Leicester City owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha and four others after the team’s 1-1 home draw with West Ham on Saturday.

The tragic accident, which occurred moments after Srivaddhanaprabha’s private helicopter took off from center pitch after the game,  robs the sports of one of its most respected figures of the past decade. Having purchased the Foxes in 2010, the Thai businessman invested hundreds of millions of dollars in the club, leading it to promotion to the Premier League in 2012 and then, in 2016, a miracle league title that even the most dedicated Leicester fan never saw coming. It’s a feat unlikely to be replicated in an era where European soccer is dominated by a select number of legacy teams.

But where Srivaddhanaprabha may have had his biggest impact was off the pitch. Leicester were far from just a money-making operation to the 60-year-old, and as the outpouring of grief following his passing shows, he seems to have genuinely cared about both his players and the community that loved and supported them.

In an era of absentee foreign ownership, Srivaddhanaprabha wasn’t just invested in his club but the city it called home as well, donating millions of his own fortune to show his support for the local community. While he will be remembered most by soccer fans for leading Leicester to glory, he’ll be missed because the club and its supporters actually meant something to him.