Paul Merson reckons Enzo Maresca’s Chelsea will naturally grab a testament triumph over Tottenham at the weekend and also hefty quantity extra disappointment and also disappointment on Ange Postecoglou.
Regardless of the narrow 1-0 scoreline, Reinforces were ravaged on Thursday night by Bournemouth doning the Clarets absent opportunity after opportunity in a dominant performance.
After the match, Postecoglou owned a heated bazaar doning a team of Tottenham supporters that were plainly unhappy by their side’s brandish at the Vigor Stadium.
The outcome saw Tottenham sneak down to tenth in the Premier League table, while Chelsea’s beautiful 5-1 triumph at Southampton pressed them upwards to second in the standings, above 3rd-depreciated Tool kit on unbiased crisis.
Chelsea, that have been a fragment of a perplex tactic this period, are now upwards there acquired complex for the Premier League title under Maresca and also Merson intends their nice kind to perpetuate on the road at Tottenham.
Tool kit tale Merson oriented Sportskeeda: “The lone point that apprehensions me doning Chelsea is that they lended away a pair of actually nice odds to Southampton, even when they were lone messing around versus 10 males.
“The goalkeeper rendered a glamorous conserve at 3-1. If that goes in, it comes to be 3-2. I’m not nitpicking doning Chelsea, it was still a glamorous outcome. But that would be my agitation about them.
“It executes not apprehend anything away from the reality that they won 5-1 while resting plenty of of their weakness players. That is a masterstroke from Enzo Maresca. When the team sheet came in, I reckoned, ‘oh my god, what are you doing?
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“This is the Premier League, you can’t be swiping any kind of team carefully’. But those readjusts did not have a undesirable result on Chelsea.
“I wouldn’t tag Chelsea as legit title combatants though. It’s acquired complex to telephone call them that. They have a nice squad, perhaps the strongest in the Premier League. But they messed around Tool kit, Manchester Metropolitan place and also Liverpool this period and also took simply one juncture. That is why they are not combatants yet.
“If you’re a enthusiast, Tottenham away from home is Chelsea’s biggest gallery of the period. Chelsea squandered in this fixture last period so this is a large gallery. If they can win versus Reinforces, it will naturally send a mammoth testament. I won’t tag Tottenham as one of the ‘extensive youngsters’ in the league yet they are a team that can outclassed the majority of teams and also we’ve watched that currently this period.
“If Chelsea peg a top-4 layer and also win a prize, this would come to be a beautiful period for them. Anything extra than that would be beautiful yet unlikely.
“Ange Postecoglou wishes Tottenham to be amusing that’s how they try to tinker. Chelsea have better players in basically every position and also can have also a hefty quantity for Reinforces to filter after.Prediction: Tottenham Hotspur 1-3 Chelsea.”
