Conte shies away from Chelsea title talk

But Pochettino, speaking to BT Sport 1, believes his side were hard done by.

And Moses made his biggest contribution of the campaign against Tottenham by scoring the victor six minutes into the second half after arriving unmarked into the penalty area to meet Diego Costa’s cutback. Conte’s substitutions and defensive mentality helped the Blues to keep Spurs away from their goal and see out the win for themselves!

Tottenham (4-2-3-1): Lloris; Walker, Dier, Vertonghen, Wimmer; Wanyama, Dembele; Son (Winks 65), Alli (N’Koudou 73), Eriksen, Kane. In the second half we conceded another goal and then we fought, we competed and had chances to score a second goal, but it was impossible.

“We need to be quiet”.

“You have to play your best players in the biggest games, so his decision to leave out Jan Vertonghen and Kyle Walker against Monaco was a odd one”.

Spurs made a furious start to the game, racking up four shots to Chelsea’s zero in the opening 15 minutes, and 64% possession. But football is not only about the stats.

Chelsea can reclaim top spot if they secure a seventh successive victory when they host London rivals Tottenham Hotspur in the day’s late game.

That was Tottenham’s first Premier League defeat of the season, but it’s now just one win in the last ten games in all competitions for Spurs, who are enduring something of a slump of late.

After spending the last three seasons out on loan, Victor Moses is back at Chelsea and finally feeling at home.

“I am delighted to have found a home. For this reason I’m pleased but it’s important to think of the next game”. The manager gave me the opportunity to express myself and I’m relishing it at the moment.

FW Eden Hazard, 7 – It’s not often that he plays second fiddle to the creative players around him at Chelsea, but the Belgium worldwide will not be too concerned given the final score. He reiterated his stance after the match, saying: “It’s too early to speak about this”. “This league is very tough”, said Conte, who was his usual excitable self on the touchline during the match but cut a rather more measured figure afterwards with his side still a point clear at the top.

Writing in his column for The London Evening Standard, Redknapp said: “Mauricio Pochettino is one of the most promising managers around but Tottenham’s Champions League exit shows he is still on a learning curve”. For us, it’s important to continue this way and improve our confidence.

On the balance of play it was undeserved, but as Snoop from the HBO series The Wire would say, “deserve ain’t got nothing to do with it”.