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In a outdated existence, now not goodbye within the past, Jose Mourinho expressed his worries for the contemporary-explore young Chelsea and supervisor Frank Lampard within the massive fits.
Mourinho had his fears addressed within the most comprehensive manner imaginable as Lampard outflanked him tactically andChelsea outclassed his contemporary Spurs sideto acquire a smartly-merited victory.
Sadly, the hang will be overshadowed by the most modern allegations of racist abuse, this time geared toward Chelsea defender Antonio Rudiger after he became passionate about the incident that noticed Spurs’ South Korean attacker Heung-min Son despatched off for elevating a boot into his ribs.
The three subsequent announcements over the tannoysolid a shadow over the final stages of the game– nevertheless there became no disguising Lampard’s pride as he punched the air and threw his coat into Chelsea’s celebrating supporters after the final whistle.
This became a victory with an edge – and it’s now not complicated to wager why.
There stays immense appreciate between Lampard and Mourinho after the successes they shared at Chelsea, including two Premier League titles.
It did now not dash unnoticed at Chelsea, on the opposite hand, that Mourinho, in his position as a pundit sooner than returning to the game at Spurs, referenced their 4-0 opening weekend loss to Manchester United as he later said: “Within the principle weekend I became panicked – and I’m mute panicked with the massive fits.”
It drew a sardonic response from Lampard’s appropriate-hand man Jody Morris, who pretended to affirm in an Instagram post to the background of The Verve’s hit “Bitter Sweet Symphony” and posted a mocking Tweet reading “Jose Is Light Alarmed” with laughing emojis.
Tactical masterclass
This would have explained the unabashed joy as Lampard delivered a tactical masterclass to rupture obvious nearly unbroken administration for Chelsea and decrease Spurs to a disorganised mess.
Lampard’s resolution to utilise a 3-man defence with Rudiger, Kurt Zouma and Fikayo Tomori perceived to bewitch Mourinho utterly with out warning, allowing Chelsea to utterly overrun Spurs in midfield and offers the company a measure of administration they by no means looked delight in conceding.
Spurs were a rabble, with Dele Alli removed from the central position within the serve of Harry Kane by which he has flourished now not too lengthy within the past, deployed on the left for numerous Chelsea’s early dominance.
It got right here as no shock when Eric Dier became removed in favour of Christian Eriksen at half-time in a belated reveal to replace brawn with brain and add advent.
The momentum, on the opposite hand, became all with Chelsea and when Son became despatched off within the 62nd minutes, deservedly despite his expressions of astonishment and Mourinho’s determined suggestion afterwards that Rudiger over-reacted, the competition became successfully over.
Chelsea were light and as a lot as the label. Spurs barely threatened and Chelsea were up and working all yet again and within the head four after bustle of four defeats in their last five Premier League games.
Mourinho will contest each and each Chelsea’s targets will had been steer clear off as Spurs fell asleep at a brief corner within the 12th minute which allowed Willian to within the low cost of internal and curl a kind of trademark appropriate-foot finishes into the backside corner. It became in most cases a shock tactic and Mourinho will be livid his avid gamers weren’t alive to it.
Worse became to take a look at in first-half stoppage time as goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga dashed recklessly from his aim and cleaned out Marcos Alonso with a excessive boot – referee Anthony Taylor mystifyingly judging it became a despicable by Chelsea’s defender sooner than VAR corrected the injustice and Willian executed the formalities from the penalty put.
Apprentice beats his grasp
Sadly, the unsavoury spectre of racism dominated the second half nevertheless within the soccer context this became a tactical triumph for Lampard over the supervisor who guided this kind of silver-lined phase of his playing career at Stamford Bridge.
BBC pundit Jermaine Jenas said: “We started with the game being Jose v Frank and there became one determined winner – Frank.
“Willian became sensational. Any hope Tottenham had went when Son became despatched off nevertheless they weren’t as a lot as usual smartly sooner than that. It be been a staunch wake-up call for Jose and his avid gamers.
“The shift in formation has been a puny bit of tactical genius from Frank Lampard. He has bought the higher of his counterpart and Jose Mourinho had no solutions.
“It be the manner of the defeat that can damage Tottenham. It be in most cases ever you gaze a defeat and don’t blame the avid gamers on the opposite hand it has all reach down to ways. They had been outclassed in ways.”
This became the coldest of showers for Mourinho and an illustration that he has powerful constructing to manufacture – the irony being, given his feedback about Lampard and Chelsea, he has lost his two largest league fits, in opposition to Manchester United and now Chelsea.
This became the principle house defeat Mourinho has suffered in opposition to a bunch he had previously managed, having long past unbeaten in his outdated 13 in all competitions, worthwhile 12 and drawing one.
Spurs, so dumb, attempted appropriate five shots, including blocks.
Since 2003/04 they have utterly had fewer in a Premier League house sport on two events, four in opposition to Manchester City in January 2014 and October 2018.
For Chelsea, this became a comely correction of most modern miserable make which as seen them lose at house to West Ham United and Bournemouth, and away at Everton.
It picks up the momentum they’d beneath Lampard earlier this season and re-affirms the suitable launch he has made as Chelsea supervisor.
And there’ll, no query, be added pride at this kind of comprehensive victory, consummate efficiency and tactical triumph for the apprentice over the grasp.