Three Chelsea Players Blasted and Blame Placed on Them for Tottenham Loss by Graham potter

Tottenham easily defeated Chelsea 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday.

Glenn Hoddle, a former Chelsea manager, slammed Raheem Sterling, Kepa Arrizabalaga, and Joao Felix for their roles in Oliver Skipp’s opening goal for Tottenham in Sunday’s London derby. Skipp struck the crossbar from the edge of the area, but Hoddle blamed the Blues trio.

Chelsea had only two wins in their previous 16 games after falling to Spurs 2-0. With the west Londoners 10th in the Premier League and on the verge of exiting the Champions League, some fans have asked for Graham Potter to be fired.

Hoddle blamed Sterling, Arrizabalaga, and Felix for the opening goal. Sterling failed to track back, Arrizabalaga may have thought he could have done better with Skipp’s strike, and Felix was outmuscled by the Spurs midfielder.

“Without Thiago Silva on the pitch… they would have been prepared. That’s the simple side of the game. The ball is going back and they (Chelsea) are going backwards! Tottenham could have scored with Emerson Royal. Look at Sterling, sleeping! Sleeping!,” Hoddle said on BT Sport as a replay of Skipp’s goal played.

“Kepa might have done better. The distance of the ball, he gets a little finger to it. But look how deep they are.

“ Tottenham are on the edge of the box and they haven’t had to do much – Skipp scored a goal with a great effort, but he won it with a determination of leaving Felix for dead – when it happened we are saying ‘is that top corner?’

“I thought it went a bit central, for me. But I think Kepa could have done better because of the distance.”

Co-owners Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali are reportedly set to back Potter amid increasing fan anger. Potter pointed out that Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta faced sack pressure early in his Gunners reign, and is now top of the Premier League.

“There is always that question and you can’t stop the questions. While results are what they are, I accept it. It’s part of the job,” Potter said.

“We were talking before the game about watching the Arsenal All or Nothing [Amazon prime] and two years into Mikel [Arteta]’s reign he is close to getting the sack and people want him out. It was seen as a disaster but things have now changed a bit.

“If you look at Jurgen [Klopp]’s situation, they haven’t got the results and all of a sudden people want him out. That is the nature of football. I haven’t done enough at this club to have too much good faith. I also accept that.”