Sir Didier Drogba
Head Official
just finished watching the game and I am absolutely delighted to have won such a phenomenal match. Tottenham were wonderful (probably a better performance than us in terms of spells of dominance and team cohesion) but as I suspected our superior end product and ability/experience to handle knockout and pressure games won the game. despite conceding two goals it was a phenomenal defensive performance as we kept Tottenham out for multiple 15-20 minute spells of complete pressure (i will gloss over the fact that Tottenham should have been down to ten men as Lloris clearly handled the ball outside the box). Man of the match David Luiz was imperious on his 30th birthday - we always said he could be a world class defender if only he could discipline himself and it seems that finally this season has has achieved that. Ake was also wonderful, such a bonus that he did not look out of place in this crucial game and gave a wonderful performance for the full 90 minutes - as such a mobile defender he may actually be a better long run choice for Conte 's style than the less mobile 'blocker' Zouma. Matic thump was incredible, conte decision to hold back hazard and Costa to give us a lethal bench (compared to spurs ' which was lukewarm) showed that he might be improving the one weak aspect of his management this season (substitutions). Really hope willian stays - still has so much to offer and with Europe next season he should get more games. Just a wonderful, wonderful win to show that for all spurs bravery and style, we are still the daddies.
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