Ratings vs Chelsea

[ButchCassidy]

It's Poch front of shot, with Mourinho clearly mouthing off in the background. Poch just raises his eyebrows nonplussed. Cracked me up. Sure someone will dig up...

 

[guiltyparty]

Good analysis on MOTD (shock horror) about how Eriksen kept pulling Matic out of position I thought

 

[walworthyid]

Oh no you di'ant..

How the fuck do you tactically weigh that lot up. Should one even try. Did anyone see that coming. I fucking didn't. One of the reasons I gave my seat to a mate today. First time I've really regretted doing that for a couple of years.

I think I'd need to watch the whole thing again before attempting to rationalise most of what I saw.

When I saw the team selection I thought, uh oh jungle (big rep for anyone remembers this program). This could get nasty. Rose and Walker, Walker and Townsend…

And slightly against the run of things the Rose selection kicked in early as he got himself all wrong to allow Hazard in and we found ourselves 0-1 down. To our immense credit we battled back into the game, we weren't exactly looking "hazard/Fabgregas/Costa" threatening, but we were having moments and causing them some some problems. Those problems, most notably Harry Kane, turned into goals. First he gathered up a pass from Rose, then showing good balance, strength, determination and skill he dropped a couple of shoulders, swerved two ways past Oscar and then hit the sweetest of exocets past one of the best keepers in this league.

Eriksen and Chadli had already threatened to unlock Chelsea's defence once, Chadli having moved too soon narrowly being flagged offside. An amelioration saw us go 2-1. The run was perfectly timed, the ball from Eriksen equally perfect and though Chadli's finish cannoned off the post, the footballing gods smiled and the rebound fell serendipitously for the on rushing Rose who kept his cool and calmly slotted in under pressure from Cahill, redeeming his earlier fuck up.

The third was all about pressing and Kane. Once again the high press proved its worth, and the desire Kane showed to be first to the ball and take a whack for the cause, as he steamed in to nick a ball, pulling the usually reliable Cahill's pants down.

Townsend had had a typical Townsend half up to that point, he'd tried to be involved, showed some enterprise, but zero of substance and a couple of annoying give aways. I wasn't confident. But to be fair the lad stepped up and buried the penalty with aplomb. No luck, great keeper went the right way but the pen was drilled with zip right in the corner. It was a great pen under pressure.

So from 0-1 down we, somewhat surreally found ourselves trundling off at half time 3-1 to the good. And it wasn't really a fluke either. We'd played pretty well, not entirely kept them quiet, but had competed well in a game played at a fair old pace.

Bask in the 15 minute half time glory I was thinking, because the second half is going to be like Custer's last fucking stand, and with our defenders and their attackers, I was bracing myself for the worst possible outcomes.

Fuck me if we didn't come out and bang in another one. This another beautiful piece of Kane forward play, letting the ball glide across him, spinning round, hesitating for a split second - and I can't emphasise this enough because in that split second of hesitation came the gathering of the poise and composure - then placed the ball sweetly past Coutois. It was a piece of "forwards" play of the highest order. My valve went back to amber.

Still Rourke's Drift didn't arrive. In it's stead Fazio had one of those dopey moments and gifted them a goal, dribbling the ball into Fabregas on our half way line, bing, bang a couple of slick passes later it's 4-2 and the valve is now firmly back in the red zone.

I think at this point Lloris made a wonderful save from Azpilecueta, but I may have the chronology of this wrong.

Also at 4-2, like Rose earlier, Fazio found some redemption with a brilliant tackle on Hazard when it appeared he was clean through.

Kane then battles and holds a ball out left, feeds Chadli, having by far his best half of football in a Spurs shirt, who shimmies inside, and hits a sweet shot that, for salt in wound of a tosser good measure, takes a nick off Terry into the far corner. 5 fuck a doodle doo 2.

Valve back to amber but this being spurs it was definitely amber tinged with a hint of rouge. And sure enough the final hurrah of Chelsea arrived. 87 minutes on Terry gets one back 5-3. Valve back to red, there's only a few minutes left, but this is Spurs.

In amongst all this we still have the odd sniff of more goals, and there is some decent play by the likes of Dembele, Bentaleb, Eriksen, Chadli, Kane, with the ball.

I really need to watch this again to try and make some tactical sense of what happened, it just became so involving it it was hard to think about structure, tactics and method. I think the line up was not the most logical, to me it would have made more sense to play Chriches and Davies today and Walker and Rose against ManU's 352. I would have liked Dembele starting ALM instead of Townsend.

There were some messy passages of this game, it got open and end to end at times. Hey, it's finished 5-3, it's never going to be reviewed as a tactical master class I guess. But amidst some sloppy defending, there was some great incisive and exciting attacking football too.

Individual eulogising:

Lloris - Can't fault him for any of the goals, made a fantastic save as well. Great game generally.

Walker - The boy does some very odd things and at times it's painful to watch. But he tries and did do some good stuff too.

Fazio - I really don't think he's the long term solution, fucked up badly for their second goal, can look a bit one paced at times, but he does do some good shit too, and made an excellent tackle at 4-2 on Hazard in particular.

Vertonghen - I thought he was very good today.

Rose - started very badly, defended very badly for their first goal and not just because it was Hazard, it was just bad defending. He also gave the ball away carelessly a couple of times which caught us up the pitch. But did brilliantly to get up the pitch to score the second, that's exactly what I want an attacking full back to do, if he's doing shit like that you'll forgive the occasional defensive frailty. Not foot perfect but decent enough.

Mason - N/A

Dembele - I think he had a very decent game.

Bentaleb - Exceedingly good game. Showed a real tenacity in the tackle, kept the ball moving.

Townsend - The boy tries, shows endeavour, took his penalty very cooly. But the same deficiencies are there. He makes poor decisions at crucial times and produces very little end product of real quality.

Eriksen - Very decent game over all, lovely ball for Chadli, some nice touches and worked pretty hard for the team.

Chadli - Overall his best game in a Spurs shirt, certainly that second half was his best 45 minutes by a mile. Like a different player, he was lively, sure footed, tricky and a real handful.

Kane - This was an outstanding performance. His goals showed strength, skill, brains and composure. He worked for the team leading the press and dropping deep and wide for his team mates to have out balls. MOTM.

Poch - I really don't know how much credit he can take for this win, it might be plenty, it might be less, I need to watch it again and cogitate. I would have preferred Stambouli on than Paulinho.


Football eh, go fucking figure.

Oh no you di'ant..

How the fuck do you tactically weigh that lot up. Should one even try. Did anyone see that coming. I fucking didn't. One of the reasons I gave my seat to a mate today. First time I've really regretted doing that for a couple of years.

I think I'd need to watch the whole thing again before attempting to rationalise most of what I saw.

When I saw the team selection I thought, uh oh jungle (big rep for anyone remembers this program). This could get nasty. Rose and Walker, Walker and Townsend…

And slightly against the run of things the Rose selection kicked in early as he got himself all wrong to allow Hazard in and we found ourselves 0-1 down. To our immense credit we battled back into the game, we weren't exactly looking "hazard/Fabgregas/Costa" threatening, but we were having moments and causing them some some problems. Those problems, most notably Harry Kane, turned into goals. First he gathered up a pass from Rose, then showing good balance, strength, determination and skill he dropped a couple of shoulders, swerved two ways past Oscar and then hit the sweetest of exocets past one of the best keepers in this league.

Eriksen and Chadli had already threatened to unlock Chelsea's defence once, Chadli having moved too soon narrowly being flagged offside. An amelioration saw us go 2-1. The run was perfectly timed, the ball from Eriksen equally perfect and though Chadli's finish cannoned off the post, the footballing gods smiled and the rebound fell serendipitously for the on rushing Rose who kept his cool and calmly slotted in under pressure from Cahill, redeeming his earlier fuck up.

The third was all about pressing and Kane. Once again the high press proved its worth, and the desire Kane showed to be first to the ball and take a whack for the cause, as he steamed in to nick a ball, pulling the usually reliable Cahill's pants down.

Townsend had had a typical Townsend half up to that point, he'd tried to be involved, showed some enterprise, but zero of substance and a couple of annoying give aways. I wasn't confident. But to be fair the lad stepped up and buried the penalty with aplomb. No luck, great keeper went the right way but the pen was drilled with zip right in the corner. It was a great pen under pressure.

So from 0-1 down we, somewhat surreally found ourselves trundling off at half time 3-1 to the good. And it wasn't really a fluke either. We'd played pretty well, not entirely kept them quiet, but had competed well in a game played at a fair old pace.

Bask in the 15 minute half time glory I was thinking, because the second half is going to be like Custer's last fucking stand, and with our defenders and their attackers, I was bracing myself for the worst possible outcomes.

Fuck me if we didn't come out and bang in another one. This another beautiful piece of Kane forward play, letting the ball glide across him, spinning round, hesitating for a split second - and I can't emphasise this enough because in that split second of hesitation came the gathering of the poise and composure - then placed the ball sweetly past Coutois. It was a piece of "forwards" play of the highest order. My valve went back to amber.

Still Rourke's Drift didn't arrive. In it's stead Fazio had one of those dopey moments and gifted them a goal, dribbling the ball into Fabregas on our half way line, bing, bang a couple of slick passes later it's 4-2 and the valve is now firmly back in the red zone.

I think at this point Lloris made a wonderful save from Azpilecueta, but I may have the chronology of this wrong.

Also at 4-2, like Rose earlier, Fazio found some redemption with a brilliant tackle on Hazard when it appeared he was clean through.

Kane then battles and holds a ball out left, feeds Chadli, having by far his best half of football in a Spurs shirt, who shimmies inside, and hits a sweet shot that, for salt in wound of a tosser good measure, takes a nick off Terry into the far corner. 5 fuck a doodle doo 2.

Valve back to amber but this being spurs it was definitely amber tinged with a hint of rouge. And sure enough the final hurrah of Chelsea arrived. 87 minutes on Terry gets one back 5-3. Valve back to red, there's only a few minutes left, but this is Spurs.

In amongst all this we still have the odd sniff of more goals, and there is some decent play by the likes of Dembele, Bentaleb, Eriksen, Chadli, Kane, with the ball.

I really need to watch this again to try and make some tactical sense of what happened, it just became so involving it it was hard to think about structure, tactics and method. I think the line up was not the most logical, to me it would have made more sense to play Chriches and Davies today and Walker and Rose against ManU's 352. I would have liked Dembele starting ALM instead of Townsend.

There were some messy passages of this game, it got open and end to end at times. Hey, it's finished 5-3, it's never going to be reviewed as a tactical master class I guess. But amidst some sloppy defending, there was some great incisive and exciting attacking football too.

Individual eulogising:

Lloris - Can't fault him for any of the goals, made a fantastic save as well. Great game generally.

Walker - The boy does some very odd things and at times it's painful to watch. But he tries and did do some good stuff too.

Fazio - I really don't think he's the long term solution, fucked up badly for their second goal, can look a bit one paced at times, but he does do some good shit too, and made an excellent tackle at 4-2 on Hazard in particular.

Vertonghen - I thought he was very good today.

Rose - started very badly, defended very badly for their first goal and not just because it was Hazard, it was just bad defending. He also gave the ball away carelessly a couple of times which caught us up the pitch. But did brilliantly to get up the pitch to score the second, that's exactly what I want an attacking full back to do, if he's doing shit like that you'll forgive the occasional defensive frailty. Not foot perfect but decent enough.

Mason - N/A

Dembele - I think he had a very decent game.

Bentaleb - Exceedingly good game. Showed a real tenacity in the tackle, kept the ball moving.

Townsend - The boy tries, shows endeavour, took his penalty very cooly. But the same deficiencies are there. He makes poor decisions at crucial times and produces very little end product of real quality.

Eriksen - Very decent game over all, lovely ball for Chadli, some nice touches and worked pretty hard for the team.

Chadli - Overall his best game in a Spurs shirt, certainly that second half was his best 45 minutes by a mile. Like a different player, he was lively, sure footed, tricky and a real handful.

Kane - This was an outstanding performance. His goals showed strength, skill, brains and composure. He worked for the team leading the press and dropping deep and wide for his team mates to have out balls. MOTM.

Poch - I really don't know how much credit he can take for this win, it might be plenty, it might be less, I need to watch it again and cogitate. I would have preferred Stambouli on than Paulinho.


Football eh, go fucking figure.

Really enjoyable read BC and I agree with most of that! However, why Stambouli over Paulinho? I thought he was excellent when he came on and apart from the pre assist he really helped turn the game back in our favour?

 

[ilikeost]

EVERYONE IS GETTING A 10!!!!

 

[Bus-Conductor]

Really enjoyable read BC and I agree with most of that! However, why Stambouli over Paulinho? I thought he was excellent when he came on and apart from the pre assist he really helped turn the game back in our favour?

At 4-2 I would have rather brought Stambouli on, gone 433 with and tried to keep some control of the midfield, shut the game down as effectively as possible, whilst still having Chadli, Kane and Eriksen on the pitch to make things happen on the counter. with the CM's going forward as and when appropriate. Kind of what Chelsea would have done if they were in the same position. Normally.

Townsend had completely disappeared second half and needed to come off. That was the right call.

 

[stevenqoz]

Lloris 7 Some important saves but not the main man today
Walker 6.5 Decent game
Fazio 7 Solid in the air ...decision making needs to be more conservative
Vert 7.5 His arrogance/ego has lifted him to a new level last two games
Rose 7 A good performance from him...competition a factor here
Townsend 6.5 Worked hard and stuck away a fine penalty
Mason NET Strangely losing him actually gave us more oomph with Dembele
Dembele 7.5 Another good effort...see Rose regarding competition
Bentaleb 8 Impressive game....would not be bullied
Chadli 9 Smiling as he plays...good stuff to come from a great athlete
Kane 10 Wonderful performance and so humble with it
Eriksen 7 There can't be many more difficult sides to play no 10 against...did well
Davies 6 Helped sure up the defence
Paulinho 6 Final days for Paulinho...who would have guessed that we would have upgraded?

Been waiting a long time for such a performance. Unfortunate to go behind after an attractive confident first fifteen.
Sharp passing and controlled aggression gave Chelsea an uncomfortable afternoon. Demonstrated today that we already have the central midfielders to challenge at the top....all without the need for a ponderous DM.....Bentaleb has the skillset we need...Dembele and Mason the flair and Eriksen the guile

 

[slartibartfast]

Lloris is NOT mom woo hoo lol.
Kane, Chadli, everybody played as a team and you could really see team spirit.
You can't underestimate how important that is.
Kane is a fkin beast.

 

[penfold_99]

"Paulinho 5". Why do some people refuse to recognise that a player had a good game?

I thought he played well when he came on, he stopped us sitting back by making runs passed the ball carrier. This was something Dembele kept refusing to do and he always opted to passed side ways, at one point bentaleb got pissed off and passed it straight back to him and told him to run forward!

 

[kaz Hirai]

Now it's all settled in my mind...


Kane mom

But chadli and vertonghen run him close


Lloris 7. Not much to do, no chance with the 3 conceded but pulled off his usual worldly
Walker 6. Really good tracking and energy but poor passing, got done by hazard but that's no insult
Fazio 6. A monster when the balls in the air, and solid starting positions but terrible error that could've cost us and lack of pace is a concern
Vertonghen 9. Magnificent
Rose.6 hazard turned him inside out so bad nearly broke his spine but he worked hard and got vital goal.

Dembele 8. Love him when he is in beast mode. Strong on the ball, a real moose
Bentelab 8. Great for such a youngling. I know he has more in his locker
Townsend 6 started well, faded alot. Great pen, still building his fitness and form
Eriksen 6. Had moments of genius and long stretches of not being involved

Chadli 9. Brilliant, has all the tools to be a top top player just needs consistency
Kane 9. His inter Milan moment, see how he deals with added attention, tactical focus from opposition and inevitable call up to the poisonous England team

Hopefully we kick on now and don't have a stinker against palace

 

[L-man]

When was the last time we had such a complete performance from a striker?

Ade vs Newcastle, VDV vs Villa, Defoe vs Wigan?

Absolutely blinding performance from Kane today

 

[The Long Suffering One]

If someone had suggested to me half a year ago that we will one day score 5 past Chelsea with a team featuring Rose, Bentaleb, Townsend and Kane, with 3 of them scoring, I would have resigned from my job..

 

[guiltyparty]

Poor Hazard really needs protecting tho http://vine.co/v/Ow9QhHKdMZK

 

[trevo]

Lloris - 8 - But its not a good sign to have your goalkeeper as MoM every game.

Fazio - Above shoulder height 9. Any where below 5 - so 7.
Walker - 6.5 - Getting there.
Vertonghen - 8 - A bit of a dirty player is he, I like
Rose - 7.5 - Good game. Very industrious

Mason - NET -
Bentaleb - 8 - Very good game overall

Eriksen - 7 not involved enough, but enough to make a difference
Chadli - 9 - =MOTM, absolute class performance. Creating and scoring and taking more responsibility
Townsend - 7 Faded and went

Kane - 9 - He has taken the great responsibility of the mantle of chief striker away from our more costly and more eratic imports. Carry on please. We've lacked a goalscoring striker for so long now.
Dembele - 7.5 Carried the ball well and covered when needed
Davies - 6.5
Paulinho - 6

 

[Flashspur]

Kane= Thomas muller

Thomas Muller = Kane

 

[Core]

I don't get why some people are giving Eriksen such "rough" judgement!

The last two matches he's been man marked by the likes of Carrick and Matic, which has given the rest of the team more room to play in.

Though being a 22 year old skinny kid, marked by Matic for the entire game, he still managed to find enough space to heavily influence our game. Name another player in our squad who could manage that. Actually name another player in the squad who would be worth man marking for 90 minutes.

That being said, Kane was motm for me. I do find him a bit too selfish at times, but he has the heart of a lion. Week after week i'm blown away by his passion and fighting spirit. Even on an off day, his contribution to team is incredible!

 

[beats1]

Kane - He is growing in to a great player and is doing really well, I think he may of just gone past the point where if he has a bad patch. People wont turn on him and understand he is still a kid but a very good one at the same time

Eriksen - When we were losing I was disappointed at Eriksen, I just felt out of our all players he was the one that should be that big game player before chadli had sparked in to life. However he did well. Its a shame when he does turn in to that player, I fear we may not be able to keep him. Hopefully we learnt our mistakes and actually grow as a club this time

Chadli - He has been annoying this season because he does do things right alot of the time unlike townsend but he just goes missing and you want him to have those moments more throughout the game. Whereas today he was maintaining that threat throughout the game

Townsend - to be fair to the guy did well defensively and I could be wrong but imo he was the reason Hazard switched to the Right wing as he wasn't getting any joy. Which arguably hurt them more as Chadli was a bigger threat than Townsend and Ivanovic could of used Willian's help. Especially since Ivanovic isn't as good as Azpilcueta defensively against wingers imo.

Mason - I fear for him, that ankle again. Played well

Bentaleb - Saved our skin at times and kept fabregas and Oscar quiet when it was literally him against them two whilst dembele was doing his laces

Dembele - I think alot of credit goes to Poch for this one, I was expecting Stambouli and probably for the best he didn't come on

Rose - Did very well, only made one mistake which he initially did well to push hazard wide before he came back inside to hit the post

Vertonghen - did well but don't know where he went for Terry's goal

Fazio - Did well and had some howlers at the same time

Walker - Decent against Hazard poor for the Terry goal

Lloris - Saved our bacon today with that Azpilcueta save

 

[cliff jones]

Lloris 8 good saves, gave confidence to defence, no kicking errors
Walker 7 he played Hazard excellently, making him drift but quite a few stray passes to take the shine off
Rose 7 good display, obviously got forward well for the goal, needs to know when to tactically foul when opposition breaks, he should have taken Hazard out on the sideline to prevent their opener, body check might not even be a yellow
Fazio 7 terrific in the air, good positioning, mainly assured on the ground except you know when
Jan 8 excellent distribution, interceptions and looks like he cares again
Bentaleb 9 humble pie for me, best game in our shirt, passed superbly, big plus was he really got stuck in
Dembele 8 first half in particular mixed his passing up really well to keep them guessing, some really nice crisp forward passing, doesn't get done one on one, committed several clever fouls
Chadli 9 best game in the shirt, ran past Kane with real intent several times and was a threat all game, deserved his goal and nullified Ivanovic going forward
Townsend 7 unsettled Azi on the outside and tucked the pen away beautifully, I must admit I didn't fancy him to score, faded though
Eriksen 8 will have been frustrated till just before HT, one of those games when the ball wasn't falling for him, but he contributed some decisive touches and worked his balls off
One of Our Own this lad is a revelation isn't he? Works and works, has lovely touch and vision can shoot with both feet and head it, very composed in the box. Good speed, great stamina, but perhaps above all else fears absolutely no-one and that's rubbing off on others. 10

Poch proved to be the right selection and subs, even Pauli did some really good things. He's recognised the liabilities in the squad, given the kids a chance, got them all fitter and now hopefully a run of performances will come. Tough one on Monday night though.

 

[Flashspur]

A brave and courageous performance by a team that is starting to believe in itself. A wonderful effort overall and congratulations to the lads and Poch on putting out the right side for the occasion. We fought them everywhere on the pitch and barring a few defensive snafu’s and lapses in concentration this could easily have been 5-1. A great game of pressing and counter attacking. You did us proud!!

Hugo Lloris 7.5 – He really had no chance with the three goals but produced a crucial save at 4-2 to prevent Chelsea reducing Spurs' margin. As usual a commanding performance at the back.

Kyle Walker 7 – I thought he struggled to keep Eden Hazard in check falling for his feints and shoulder drops. Come on Kyle you as fast as Eden if not faster. Anyway, a slightly subdued performance and he still looks off match pace. Without a doubt Walker's pace certainly adds something to our attacking prowess and at times he pressured Chelsea’s defense.

Danny Rose 8 – I could see the Boo Boys jumping on this one as soon as Hazard had left his on his arse for the first. However he came strongly back into the game with a beautifully taken goal. He was obviously selected over Ben Davies for his athleticism and attacking qualities and showed glimpses of his early season form. I thought he had a good game overall and his runs on the left troubled Chelsea’s defense.

Federico Fazio 7 – An uneven performance. While he defended well at times he needlessly gave away the ball to allow Chelsea to score their second goal. He was guilty of some careless clearances on a couple of occasions needs to just keep things simple. Kept Costa subdued after the early goal.

Jan Vertonghen 8.5 – I think this was his best game of the season. He was brave and courageous and kept his concentration up for the whole game.

Ryan Mason NR -- Injured early doors and subbed by Mousa Dembele.

Nabil Bentaleb 8 – A slow start but then worked his way into the game with an outstandingly mature performance against one of the best MF’s in the PL. He gave Chelsea no time to work their midfield dominance and tackled and broke up play efficiently. Will be sorely missed when he departs for the ACN.

Andros Townsend 7 – Still cuts a frustrating figure at times with a combination of runs into dead ends and poor decision-making. Kept them occupied on his flank. He had a quiet game overall after a good first half but you have to congratulate him on his confidence to take the penalty and put it away nicely against arguably the PL’s best keeper to date.

Christian Eriksen 7 – Much improved after a very subdued performance against Manure. He was quiet in the first 20 minutes seemingly flitting in and out of the game. After this he became much more animated like the wonderful ball to Chadli in the move that resulted in Rose's goal. He did a wonderful job of pulling his marker (Matic) out of position after this, something he didn’t do with Carrick. In the second half he was much more prominent, losing his marker, finding space and showing for the ball and playing some exquisite passes with Chadli and Kane.

Nacer Chadli 9 – Outstanding. On any other day he would have been MOTM. What a player he is capable of being when he sets his mind to it as he has it all – pace, power and creativity. After such an ineffectual performance against Manure he needed to redeem himself and this was the match that has made him realize he can match the bigger reputations in the PL. His finest match for the club. A constant thorn in the side and a real menace to the Chelsea defense and made some great runs into the box. Some wonderful positioning and running on and off the ball where he came close to scoring on a number of occasions before grabbing the fifth.

Harry Kane 9.5 – What can you say about this performance? A perfect striker’s game and fast becoming the side’s talisman! He literally dragged us back into the game by himself with his never say die attitude and scored two fantastic goals and had a hand in another couple. He has quickly turned into a quality lone striker. He has shown strength and pace and confidence and willingness to run at defense’s. He started here where he left of against Manure. He tore Gary Cahill and John Terry apart at times so much so that they had to resort to fouling him repeatedly. The in-form player of the PL and fast becoming a 30M pound player. A meteoric rise! MOTM

Substitutes:

Mousa Dembele 8 – While he came on early for the injured Mason I thought he added strength and composure to the midfield. He was not slow on the ball but was neat and tidy today with some crisp passing and provided us with solid defensive cover.

Paulinho 7 -- Brought on for Andros Townsend as Pochettino switched to a 4-3-3. Did nothing wrong in the time he had and had a very composed cameo. He is showing that he can be disciplined and helped us get over the line in the frenetic final phase of the game.

Ben Davies NR -- Late substitute for Danny Rose.

Oppo – 7 Maureen can have no excuses here. Apart from Vert’s falling on the ball there was little to argue about and his side were outplayed in the ‘head’ and on the park. They didn’t expect the Harry Kane sparked revivial and the effort and drive and never say die attitude shown by our lads. He didn’t have a lot of answers and even pulling off Oscar who was getting bullied for Ramires didn’t dramtically change the game. At the end of the day Poch won the battle of the tactics.

Poch – 8 He picked a pacy side which had a major impact on the tired legs of Chelsea in the second half and showed up the lack of pace in their defense. Chelsea were wary as we had pace and power on the flanks to worry them in Rose, Walker, Chadli and Townsend. A lot of their play was forced into the middle and while Hazard had his moments on the flank we snuffed them out in central MF. Bentaleb was superb in midfield and Demeble a revelation. The late switch to 4-3-3 was also sublime as it put Chelsea on the back foot as they searched hard for the equalizers.

 

[yusrisafri]

Lloris - 8. None of the Chelsea goals were his fault. Excellent reflexes once again.

Walker - 5. Went missing for the last goal. Some poor decision making and sloppy passes.

Vertonghen - 7. Vital interceptions. Loved his whole-hearted celebrations when Spurs score.

Fazio - 5.5. He played well but I cant give him a high score for the stupid error he made for the 2nd goal. A true Jekyl and Hyde. Worries me at times, especially when on one on ones.

Rose - 7. Too busy claiming the ball went out for the first goal that he lost his defensive impetus once he realised the linesman didnt give the throw-in. However, was extremely hardworking and gve his all, and the bravery in which he scored was knightly.

Bentaleb - 8. Cool and composed. This was his kind of game. Bravo.

Dembele - 7.5. Another performance that puts into question why he doesnt start more often. A better player than Mason and Stambouli, and compliments Bentaleb extremely well. Holmes and Watson partnership.

Eriksen - 7.5. Not his best game, but probably because others were outstanding. Quietly doing his business without much of a fuss. He seems to have eyes at the back of his head.

Townsend - 7. Huffed and puffed. Great composure for the goal.

Chadli - 9. My MOM. Superb all round. Silky driblling skills and has eyes for neat passes and goals. Scored 1, assisted 1 and hit the post resulting in the 2nd goal. He is a certain starter for Spurs, IMHO.

Kane - 9. One of our own. The boy is magic. How he has blossomed. From someone who warmed the bench to a certain starter and attracting big clubs, in over just 4 months. Such superb composure in front of goal. Powerful, not afraid to take on players, and scored 2 world-class goals. It can only get even better for the lad. A very close 2nd to Chadli for MOM.

 

[Flashspur]

How is anyone here saying Chadli had a great game?? He was alright and did some OK things but a majority of the time he slowed play down and lost the ball on numerous occasions when an easy pass was on. Not slating him, I am very happy about todays win but he's played better.

Kane was unbelievable and Vertonghen did very well. Eriksen with some fantastic little touches, guy really is a genius.

EDIT: CHADLI WAS AMAZING OMG BEST GAME EVER MOM

did you watch the game dude?