Chelsea 0-2 Tottenham: Two things Xabi Alonso must do to fix leaky Blues defence

A erstwhile Chelsea defender, speaking exclusively to Sports Mole, has highlighted 2 ways that the Blues tin amended their antiaircraft numbers aft their latest dismal rearguard showing.

Xabi Alonso's men welcomed Tottenham Hotspur to Stamford Bridge connected Saturday nighttime aft belatedly keeping their archetypal cleanable expanse of the Premier League play successful past weekend's 2-0 triumph distant to Everton.

Chelsea were powerfully favoured to get the amended of their bottom-half London rivals, perchance with different cleanable expanse successful tow, but a Mike Penders ain extremity and Mathys Tel onslaught launched Tottenham to an unexpected 2-0 triumph successful the London derby.

Chelsea person present conceded 15 goals successful conscionable 8 Premier League games this season, the astir of immoderate squad successful the apical 9 of the Premier League table and the associated third-most successful the division, level with Coventry City and lone beneath Crystal Palace (17) and Ipswich Town (16).

Alonso's broadside person besides conceded astatine slightest doubly successful 7 of their 10 matches crossed each tournaments this season, arsenic the erstwhile Real Madrid brag struggles to find a accordant solution to his side's antiaircraft woes.

Two ways Chelsea tin hole leaky defence aft Tottenham disappointment

Asked by Sports Mole however Chelsea tin hole their leaky backline, ex-Blues left-back Tony Dorigo - who made 164 appearances for the West London giants - implored Alonso to enactment with his defenders connected their attraction and with his midfielders and forwards connected tracking backmost effectively.

"It’s a squad crippled and they indispensable support from the front," Dorigo said. "You can’t conscionable enactment this connected the defenders. I americium definite Alonso is ever looking to code this.

"More attraction from the defence, and much enactment from the forwards and midfielders to get down the shot volition assistance arsenic this volition halt the absorption from being capable to make chances.

"Having much prime backmost successful [Moises] Caicedo volition help, but Chelsea person capable apical players to amended their antiaircraft record."

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Moises Caicedo has been constricted to conscionable 4 appearances successful each tournaments this play owed to injury, and Chelsea person conceded 12 goals crossed the six games that the Ecuador planetary has been unavailable for.

In the 3 games that Caicedo has started this season, Chelsea person fto successful 3 goals, portion helium was lone connected the transportation for 14 minutes of their chaotic 4-3 triumph implicit Brighton & Hove Albion earlier picking up different injury.

The Blues person besides been hamstrung by Reece James's perpetual fittingness woes, but with the skipper successful the broadside successful their opening 4 games of the Premier League season, they inactive shipped 9 goals successful games against Fulham, Brighton, Arsenal and Hull City.

Emiliano Martinez's superior jaw wounded and consequent country besides deprives the Blues of an experienced World Cup winner, and Penders's inexperience was connected afloat show erstwhile helium inadvertently punched a Tottenham country into his ain nett connected Saturday night.

The 21-year-old volition proceed to beryllium protected by a Chelsea cardinal enactment without a azygous subordinate implicit the property of 26 - Maxence Lacroix is the astir experienced subordinate of the defence - truthful determination volition seemingly beryllium nary solution to the Blues' rearguard problems successful the short-term.

Tony Dorigo was speaking to Sports Mole connected behalf of NetBet Sport.