Football
Few fears for Chelsea as generous Tottenham can prove to be perfect guests
The Blues have struggled to break down a low block, a tactic Spurs are not familiar with
It was not quite the perfect international break for Chelsea, as a training ground defeat to the club’s Under-21s and a cancelled day off will attest.
But an 18-day break since the defeat to Arsenal last month does feel as if it has done Enzo Maresca’s side more good than harm, applying something of a reset to a campaign that had been clinging stubbornly, but not convincingly, to the rails for a while.
