The difference between where Spurs and Chelsea are at right now was vividly illustrated by two moves in the second half at Stamford Bridge yesterday. You could see that Spurs are a machine with all the parts working together, while Chelsea are just a collection of parts. We know that Antonio Conte will almost certainly be mutually consented at the end of the season: it’s Chelsea, the coach gets the blame. And yet Conte will walk straight into another job with a major club, maybe a bigger one than Chelsea. Obvious reasonThe most obvious reason is that Chelsea played beyond themselves last season, so a regression to the mean was to be expected.

Source: The Irish Times April 02, 2018 06:00 UTC