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Perisic is so experienced and he has won loads. He will be so important for us in such games, leading the lads in the dressing room, from the bench or on the field.
Yes without a doubt, I posted earlier, this this is the game Chelsea fans really most hate to loseI think that is essentially true. But I also think that there are other factors. We have 3 teams who see us as their main rivals and for whom the home game against us is a must not lose, Chelsea, arsenal and West ham. So in those 3 games they give their all and there are NEVER any gimmees! it is difficult for us to match that so we either lose just based on that alone or if we match them the game is decided by quality. Chelsea have had a better team than us for most of the last 30 years and so we have lost. Arsenal for 20 and we lost, west ham very rarely and so we have won some.
It isn't psychological and certainly won't be with this squad so it will boil down to whether we can match them for passion and then let our football do the rest. Will be a tough game.
But they almost never lose, I doubt they even know how it feels to lose it as it happens so rarely.Yes without a doubt, I posted earlier, this this is the game Chelsea fans really most hate to lose
Nah hope he goes nuclear at the start, send them out fired up, blitz them, couple of early goals!,Conte will be desperate to win this. If we don't, I hope he doesn't go nuclear with the team.
“They had maybe the opposite last seven months from us, given the situation. Everything was clear. They had something clear to fight for. They put all the energy to make it to Champions League football. Their targets were clear, the set up in the club was clear. They took advantage of this situation and had a very aggressive transfer period. Very straightforward and excellent transfer period to strengthen in quality and depth. That’s why it’s one of the toughest opponents. Always is with Antonio Conte’s teams. That’s what we’re facing Sunday."
Tuchel on us“I don’t tell you because I think we have to be very disciplined in certain regions of the game. They stepped the level up in their game. They play in the same structure so far and have a pattern in offensive pressing and in their attitude to defend. This changes a lot. It’s very important that we are good on the ball. It’s very important we are the dominant team. Hopefully put the game in the opponent's half and control the counter-attacks before everybody else sees them. Hopefully we don’t talk about counter-attacking because they are maybe one of the best teams in the world in counter-attacks and these movements. We did fantastic jobs in closing it down so the players were unbelievably disciplined and aware of the situations. That’s why we can never lose the structure and never lose our head while we are attacking. This is the moment, I believe, to stop the counter-attacks. When they start already you are already in big trouble given the quality, speed and determination of Tottenham so we need to be smart and stop the counter-attacks before they start.”
Yeah right, and they will then have one of their best games of the season and beat us.
Tuchel says Kovacic is still out for them, which is a big miss. He's easily their best midfielder nowadays.
He is very good but I’d still have Kante above himThat's massive news. He's their best CM now
Kante has regressed massively, he was very poor last season.He is very good but I’d still have Kante above him