The Regista - Tottenham vs Chelsea tactical review: Postecoglou shocks; Blues get aggressive; Vicario shines
Tribalfootball.com's tactics expert Connor Holden pulls apart Chelsea's crazy win at Tottenham and highlights how Ange Postecoglou's approach stunned the Premier League - even when down to nine men...
In a chaotic game between the London clubs at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Chelsea prevailed in a five goal thriller, which included two red cards, many VAR decisions and a late hat-trick from Nicolas Jackson.
With Chelsea earning a huge three points from this 4-1 win, we are going to look at what they did well, how Spurs impressed for the opening 20 minutes, and what ended up being their downfall as the game went on.
TOTTENHAM'S OPENING 20 MINUTES
For the opening 20 minutes, Chelsea struggled to handle the inverted fullbacks of Spurs, who took up the central 8 zones of the pitch with Pape Sarr and James Maddison dropping off deeper. This then allowed Tottenham to create 2v1 double ups when attacking down the flanks and switching the play to attack those 2v1 scenarios, leading to their opening goal.
Reece James and Levi Colwill were unsure whether to follow the fullbacks inside, or stick with the wingers when they created these 2v1s and therefore Spurs began to forge chances through this.
However after a good opening 20 minutes from Spurs, hunting these 2v1s and playing to their advantages, Chelsea managed to turn the game into more of a battle of duels, and this came especially after a challenge from Destiny Udogie where he escaped with a yellow card from a rather rash two footed challenge.
This looked to spur Chelsea on, winning duels higher up the pitch and creating chances which eventually led to a penalty and a red card for Cristian Romero. The penalty was converted by Cole Palmer and this game then
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