In the early morning of January 24, a focus battle in the 24th round of the Premier League was held at Stamford Bridge, with the Blues Chelsea facing their city rival Tottenham Hotspur. Prior to this, the Blues suffered a four-game draw in the Premier League, and the players were physically and mentally exhausted. Even so, they didn't give former boss Conte any chances, with a 2-0 score that gave them a fourth beat over Spurs this season.
In this campaign, Mateo Kovacic and Sal rotated the starting lineup, while Tottenham rotated four players in one go, with Sessegnon, Belvín, Doherty and Dale playing. After the game began, the Blues took the initiative on the field, and Spurs were also waiting for an opportunity to counterattack with a good defensive position. In the 40th minute of the game, Kane turned around inside the penalty area and fired a low shot, but was ruled to be invalid for pushing a foul on the first goal. In the first half, the two sides exchanged white rolls 0-0.
Yi Bian fought again, and the situation on the field suddenly changed. In the 47th minute, Hudson-Odoi broke through the cross, Ziyech's light shot from the right side of the penalty area, the ball hanging straight into the dead corner, for this foot shot, Lowry whip is beyond reach. Eight minutes later, Mount fired a free-kick from the left and Thiago Silva's header from inside the penalty area extended the score to 2-0. Although Spurs have since tried to try to counterattack, it has no effect and can only accept the result of being killed by Chelsea 4 in one season.
In this campaign, the Blues had 65% of the ball, scoring 2 goals on 7 of 15 shots on goal, while Tottenham had only 6 shots on goal, 3 of which were on target without scoring. With such data, it is reasonable to lose. After the game, Tottenham boss Antonio Antonio Conte also admitted that Spurs still have a long way to go to compete with the best teams in the Premier League, implying that Spurs must buy someone if they want to compete for the title.
With less than 10 days left until the winter window closes this season, Conte has still not welcomed his first new signing since taking office. Prior to this, Spurs had a scandal with Wolves winger Traore, Fiorentina centre-forward Vlahovic and veteran Eriksen, but there was no substantial progress. Conte is also a little disappointed: "Now is not the time to speak in front of the media, the club is very clear about my ideas on improving the strength of the team and the time I need, because this is not a problem that can be solved by a transfer window. I think in the last few years this gap has become very large and finding a solution is not easy. ”
In fact, although Manchester United, who won yesterday, overtook the rankings, Tottenham Hotspur, who played three games less, only 2 points behind, and if they played 3 make-up matches, their prospects for rushing to the fourth were still very optimistic. After Conte took office, the Premier League BIG6 team has been infused with passion, branded with iron blood, in 9 Premier League games 6 wins and 3 draws to score 21 points, if you can make targeted reinforcements in this winter window, it is not a difficult thing to reach the top four at the end of the season. But Levi habitually slashed and searched on the purchase of people, which made Conte very helpless. Mourinho's feelings when he first took charge are now felt by him. However, last season Levy was actually quite generous to Mourinho, and the arrival of strong reinforcements such as Heybel, Doherty, Carlos Vinicius and Welsh superstar Bale allowed Tottenham to soar for a time to lead the Premier League, and also reached the final of the English League Cup, but unfortunately, before the final, Mourinho hung up.
Now, although Conte is cautious in his transfer news, he has also made his attitude clear to the Tottenham Board that if you want to get good results, you must buy people. I really don't know if Levi will sign a whistle this time.