Chelsea continue fine run under Conte with derby win over Spurs

Liverpool great Graeme Souness believes Chelsea represent the greatest threat to the Reds’ title hopes this season.

“Fortunately Pedro got a attractive goal and we got ourselves back in the game”.

“We won a game against a really strong team”.

One of the driving forces behind this impressive streak is of course the home crowd, who usually don’t need too much encouragement to get up for the visit of Spurs.

“They scored a fantastic goal with a shot, then I liked a lot our reaction a lot”.

The Italian coach expects a hard test at the Etihad Stadium but is adamant he has reason to be confident given the changes he has overseen among his players in recent weeks.

Also on Saturday, Manchester City came from behind to beat Burnley 2-1 thanks to two goals from Sergio Aguero.

Premier League champions Leicester snatched a 2-2 draw at home to Middlesbrough with a stoppage-time penalty from Islam Slimani, while Hull and West Brom played out a boring 1-1 draw. Join the Playing for 90 team! After the first half we spoke and together we found the right solution to try to win the game. That’s massive for us.

The second half started with whole other plans.

The Dane did well to pick up the ball 25 yards out before lashing past Thibaut Courtois, seeing Chelsea concede their first goal in 10 hours and Spurs well on course for their first Premier League win at the Bridge.

“If you look at the bigger picture, this is our first loss”, Dier added. I want to do and see some situations that we work on during the training sessions. Today we won and I’m pleased because it wasn’t easy.

“Two months ago we went to Arsenal and weren’t ready, but now we know what we have to do”.

Stamford Bridge is a great place to be right now especially after Chelsea defeated rivals Tottenham on Saturday.

Coutinho, one of Liverpool’s stand-out players this season, faces a spell on the sidelines after suffering an ankle injury against Sunderland.

“I think Spurs will improve”, said Sutton on The Monday Night Club show on BBC Radio 5live on Monday evening (broadcast from 7pm, November 28, 2016).