It seems pretty fair to describe Chelsea v Spurs as the biggest game of the season so far...
It seems pretty fair to describe Chelsea v Spurs as the biggest game of the season so far.
It will also tell us a fair bit about Chelsea; there is a distinct sense that this might be a handy time to face them. For all Spurs’ ambitious summer recruitment, they started this season with the side that finished so strongly last time around and thus have the luxury of an absurdly deep bench. Chelsea are a different prospect and hit this first big game still in something of a state of flux and lacking an obvious goal threat.
In his early days at Spurs, Conte faced a three-game run against Chelsea in January. It went abysmally. Spurs lost all three games – two legs of a Carabao semi-final and a league game at Stamford Bridge – without scoring a goal or ever really competing. After the first of those games he insisted Spurs’ level had dropped a lot over the previous few years and that they were now a mid-table team . Most strikingly, he went on to claim that his Spurs side – unbeaten in eight league games under Conte at the time– faced a “struggle” every game. It was a defeat that felt something of a self-fulfilling prophecy, and his mood in its immediate aftermath unnecessarily dark.
When asked about the title race between Liverpool and City, he was quick to point out that Chelsea should not be forgotten.
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