London (EFE) – Chelsea showed Tottenham the expiration of its game model and the inability to create danger without Harry Kane and defeated him this Thursday 0-1.
A Jorginho penalty goal did not translate the dominance of Thomas Tuchel’s men, who could have scored if they had been more incisive up front against a tame Tottenham without ideas.
The loss of Harry Kane is a terrible weight for Tottenham, who had already hit it with Brighton in a horrible game without the reference of their forward.
This time Mourinho listened to the criticism and erased from his mind the idea of putting Heung-min Son as a false ‘nine’, relegating Gareth Bale to the bench and putting Carlos Vinicius, the only pure forward who can replace Kane.
The change in drawing, however, made no difference. Tuchel’s Chelsea, despite the short cooking time they have been in, was more of a team than Tottenham who has no plan when there is no combination between Son and Kane.
The monologue was brutal, with the pitch totally inclined towards Lloris’ goal, although with the lack of fang that the ‘Blues’ suffer from. Lots of possession, little danger. Until Eric Dier decided to change that with a childish kick, unnecessary and that surely put on Mou’s nerves.
On the ground, he kicked Werner, who fell to the ground while Andre Marriner pointed to the penalty spot.
Jorginho forgot about the flourishes and hops when converting and showed sobriety for the first time. He had already missed several penalties and Lampard took the lead from him on 11-meter shots.
The Italian did not fail and Tottenham already had everything against it. The game, the score and the attitude.
Because the only thing that kept Tottenham in the game was Chelsea’s inability to kill the match.
Although they constantly lived in the front of the Lloris area, the clear opportunities were counted and the most common was to see how the ‘Blues’ players easily penetrated the crescent, without being able to define.
A Mourinho the plan was coming out, since he arrived alive in the last minutes to look for the tie. And it did. A shot by Lucas Moura, a foul by Eric Dier and a header by Vinicius. Anyone who saw the solo from 85 to 90, would believe that Tottenham deserved the victory.
But no. It was a mirage, one more failure of the Mourinho model. Give up most of the game and hope for a hit at the end, but this time fall.
Chelsea climb to sixth place, with 26 points, four in the Champions League, while Tottenham is eighth, with 33.
