Didn't expect anything from this match. But still it is disappointing we went down too easily to Chelsea. Thought this would be a close match with us making Chelsea work hard to win. Instead, after dominating for the first 20 mins, we had no answer once Chelsea scored their first goal. Disappointing thing is, we did have a fair share of possession but couldn't make use of it. Chelsea were not that great but we made it easier for them by not making use of our chances.
Obviously people will blame the defence for the way we conceded all the goals. But our attack had to take large part of the blame as well. Kane should have done better with the 2 chances he got early in the first half. He wasted a golden chance to put us ahead when he headed onto the post despite no one challenging him. Similiarly, he shot wildly when he had only the goalie to beat a few mins later. It could have put pressure on Chelsea if we had scored earlier.
Thought Pochettino did a mistake by playing too many youngsters in this match. I think experience will always be more usefull when playing against big teams. We should have played Dembele and Capoue in midfield, instead of Mason and Bentaleb. Also, Soldado should have started instead of the inexperienced Kane and Chadli should have started in place of Lamela. After scoring his first league goal of the season against Everton, we should have let Soldado continue his momentum. Not sure why we didn't start our top scorer Chadli. As shown against Arsenal, Chadli has proven that he can score against big teams.
Really annoyed with our defending for all the goals. Thought Lloris could have done better with the first goal as he could have saved it. And Lloris was at fault for the second goal as his poor kick went direct to the Chelsea player from which they scored. This was not the first time Lloris' poor kick caused problems for us. He must have one of the worst goal kicks around. Not sure why a top goalkeeper can't improve his kicks. The defenders have to take their fair share of blame as well. Thought Vertonghen could have tackled better for the 2nd and 3rd goal. Also thought Fazio was too slow to help Vertonghen for the 3rd goal as well.
It is really disappointing we still can't beat Chelsea away since 1990. Even more disappointing to get humiliated like that. Hope Pochettino and the players have learned a thing or two from this defeat.