They say all good things come to an end. That became true for Chelsea’s case on Wednesday night as the Blues’ 13-game league winning streak was snapped in a 2-0 loss at White Hart Lane against Tottenham.
It was a rather uninspiring match from Antonio Conte’s Blues, whose two changes from the Stoke City match were Nemanja Matic on for Cesc Fabregas and Pedro on for Willian.
Spurs came out gunning from the get-go, and were rewarded for their efforts in first minute of stoppage time in the first half when Christian Eriksen found Dele Alli all alone inside the box for a free header.
Chelsea came out looking like a much different team to start the second half, but missed opportunities came back to haunt them.
Tottenham went 2-0 up nine minutes into the second half on a goal eerily identical to the first, with Eriksen connecting with Alli.
Coming into the match, much was spoken about Chelsea’s larger amount of rest and smaller amount of travel over the holiday period.
After the result, maybe managers like Arsene Wenger and Jose Mourinho will be happy now. It would’ve all been a moot point had Chelsea not been top of the table at New Year’s. But I digress.
Here’s what we learnt from Wednesday’s defeat.
