Sleep training a seriously stubborn boy

Hi all so I've been working on sleep training my 2 yr old in his own bed but he fights and fights and fights.. he will continue to ask for more food or drink before bed or he will get up. I still pat him to sleep but he wants to keep throwing his blankets off him and asking for other things. His bedtime is 8pm and it's takes upwards of 2 hours for him to stop doing what he does. Any ideas on how to get a insanely stubborn boy to go to bed easier? I work at 5 am and the nights I gotta go to work having to spend 2 hours to get him to bed makes it hard on my work day so yea help please

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