Great first half. I was getting tired of all the drooling over Spurs. Hope we continue to put them in their place in the second half.

We are sorely lacking a striker though. With a proper striker, we would be much closer to City and Liverpool. Tuchel is a great manager

Sublime half from Jorginho

showing  his experience let’s hope he keeps it up 

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9 minutes ago, just said:

What a half of football from Kante. Absolutely flawless!

Unstoppable when he is 100% fit and playing like this.

Everyone been excellent. RLC has been very good. Standout player Jorginho though. Completely dictated that game. Only annoying thing is 1-0 is a dangerous scoreline.

1 minute ago, sonic90 said:

I have to disagree, Conte's legacy of the 343 is still living on right now. I'm pretty sure Tuchel is only playing it now because we had the spine for it, I don't think he had ever used this formation in his career previously. Lamps did the same as well from time to time whenever he needed a solid system other than his own.

Maybe the formation was influential but the style of being satisfied with 30% possession against any serious team is simply not going to cut it for any top club. What Sarri did for us was better on the long run, every big team tries to play with the ball, only Conte could be successful without having much of the ball which is a red flag by itself. 

I mean if we had Kane and Son and if they had 2-3 real touches in 45 minutes most would be complaining, Conte is one of the few that doesn't think that's a problem. 

1 minute ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Love Cucurella's progressive thinking. Always looking to pass forward or through the middle. 

Chilwell got his work cut out for him.

1 minute ago, BluesPower said:

Do Fofana, Frenkie or Auba get into this starting 11?

Fofana surely not.

See how hardworking our forwards have to be in this setup? No way Ronaldo can keep this level of intensity up for 45mins at his age

1 minute ago, BluesPower said:

Do Fofana, Frenkie or Auba get into this starting 11?

Fofana maybe as RCB with Reece on RWB 

Very good half.

Problem we’ve still got is turning 1-0 leads into 2-0 leads when we are dominating, it cost us so many times last season.

It’s impossible to win 1-0 in every match.

We need attacking reinforcements before the window closes.

We should be out of sight in this match.

Just now, Gol15 said:

Maybe the formation was influential but the style of being satisfied with 30% possession against any serious team is simply not going to cut it for any top club. What Sarri did for us was better on the long run, every big team tries to play with the ball, only Conte could be successful without having much of the ball which is a red flag by itself. 

I mean if we had Kane and Son and if they had 2-3 real touches in 45 minutes most would be complaining, Conte is one of the few that doesn't think that's a problem. 

Agreed. 

Just now, STATS said:

Everyone been excellent. RLC has been very good. Standout player Jorginho though. Completely dictated that game. Only annoying thing is 1-0 is a dangerous scoreline.

Agree.. I am One of his biggest critic and was worried after the first 5.. but after that he has played like a UCL and EC champion.

Just now, azpi28 said:

Fofana maybe as RCB with Reece on RWB 

Not sure after that 1st half by RLC on the WB

@azpi28 did you see Viaplay has a football show with Jesper Grønkjær?

 Love our fans engaging with the away support after the goal 🙂 

Koulibaly, Cucurella and Sterling seems to slot into our team just fine. Great work Todd 👏👏👏

Just now, Valerie said:

@azpi28 did you see Viaplay has a football show with Jesper Grønkjær?

ik heb geen Viaplay 😛 

30 minutes ago, Liam said:

Ruben looking world class

I had the call at the start of the game for  him to be a monster..

I've got high hopes for Kante this season. Got some rest when the others were traveling and maybe, just maybe this is the season he stays injury free and dominates again. Brilliant so far.

Not sure we can keep that pace up in the heat but excellent first half. Great game from Ruben so far.

1 minute ago, Jangz said:

Agree.. I am One of his biggest critic and was worried after the first 5.. but after that he has played like a UCL and EC champion.

These are the games when Jorginho becomes a very good player. Keeps us ticking and very progressive

Round One to Tuchel.

A thoroughly enjoyable half in which all of Tottenham's out balls (particularly the wing-backs) were completely nullified by Tuchel again using Loftus-Cheek as a right-sided central midfielder in possession and a wing-back out of it. Kanté and Jorginho have played particularly well in the middle, and Cucurella has total control down the left. We have been in control throughout; the only disappointment is not to have created more.

Delighted for Koulibaly to have scored a wonderful volley against Tottenham on his home debut. Judging by his left-footed potshot from distance not long beforehand, as well as his run-up when anticipating Cucurella's corner, he was looking to feature on those increasingly long 'Chelsea belters versus Tottenham' YouTube complilations that cheer us up when times are less good.

So far so good. Over to you Antonio.

4 minutes ago, Sindre said:

Chilwell got his work cut out for him.

I love this kind of competition. In recent years, there has been too much of a gap between our first 11 and the squad players. 

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1 minute ago, Sindre said:

I've got high hopes for Kante this season. Got some rest when the others were traveling and maybe, just maybe this is the season he stays injury free and dominates again. Brilliant so far.

A lot is dependent on Tuchel though. He can't over play him. 

1 minute ago, PloKoon13 said:

Round One to Tuchel.

A thoroughly enjoyable half in which all of Tottenham's out balls (particularly the wing-backs) were completely nullified by Tuchel again using Loftus-Cheek as a right-sided central midfielder in possession and a wing-back out of it. Kanté and Jorginho have played particularly well in the middle, and Cucurella has total control down the left. We have been in control throughout; the only disappointment is not to have created more.

Delighted for Koulibaly to have scored a wonderful volley against Tottenham on his home debut. Judging by his left-footed potshot from distance not long beforehand, as well as his run-up when anticipating Cucurella's corner, he was looking to feature on those increasingly long 'Chelsea belters versus Tottenham' YouTube complilations that cheer us up when times are less good.

So far so good. Over to you Antonio.

And Koulibaly could have had another one!