Vertonghen made it clear he retains an huge respect for a Chelsea team who have so far failed to hit the form of last season.
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Chelsea are now ridden to 15 place on the Premier League log after 13 matches and looks like they will not qualify for Champions League.
“They have good conditions to do a very good work”.
Tottenham for the third straight league game will take on a fellow team from the capital after a 1-1 draw at Arsenal before the global break was followed up by a 4-1 thumping of West Ham United in front of the White Hart Lane faithful. Chelsea have their own selection concerns, with captain John Terry having suffered an ankle injury in Tuesday’s 4-0 Champions League win at Maccabi Tel Aviv.
“I know which players are possible and which are impossible but I say what I said last week which is true, I will not ask the board of directors for players”. Now we have a tough game against Tottenham away on Sunday and we want to keep going.
Jose Mourinho is confident his Chelsea defence can nullify the threat of in-form Harry Kane even if John Terry fails to recover in time to face London rivals Tottenham Hotspur in the English Premier League tonight.
The Lilywhites supporters will still have their 5-3 victory in the corresponding fixture previous year fresh in their minds, but the assumption that Mauricio Pochettino’s men will automatically replicate it this weekend would be foolish. We will make sure we will arrive in a good condition to play Chelsea.
“But the reality is we need points, the same way we needed last season, when we were top of the table and nearly champions and fighting to be champions”.
Cesc Fabregas, however, will be back in contention for Chelsea after a toe problem as the Blues search for a crucial victory.
“We are through to the next round and this was our objective”, he said after Thursday’s win, according to ESPN.
I think it will be fast and furious with a point a good return for the Blues.
Tottenham on the other hand have been doing a lot better than expected.
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Another factor that could play into Mourinho’s hands for this contest is his counterpart’s lack of desire for the game to be played at the time it’s scheduled for. But every EPL team has shown they have significant weaknesses this year, which means it’s still anyone’s game.
