Tottenham Hotspur did the near-impossible on Saturday, as they won 2-0 away to Chelsea for just their second victory in 35 Premier League fixtures at Stamford Bridge.
CHELSEA 0-2 SPURS — Highlights & recap
Below is the latest Roberto De Zerbi reaction, speaking after Mike Penders’ own goal in the 77th minute, Cole Palmer’s red card three minutes later and Mathys Tel’s first goal of the season in the 87th.
Roberto De Zerbi reaction: What did Spurs boss say after rousing win at Chelsea?
“I think we deserved to win. The players worked very well, prepared very well. This morning, yesterday, all days in the last week and the qualities of the players are very clear. I’m happy for the spirit of the players. I think we have to change the last part of the history of our club. I would like to follow in this way.”
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“Football is the quality of the play, the quality of the players, for sure, but it is a competition. It is a fight. You have to run, you have to fight, you have to arrive first to the second ball. You have to win the duels and we did. … We knew Chelsea play very well, they have clear organization, clear structure on the pitch. We prepared our players with two midfielders and James Maddison with freedom, where he smells the right position.”
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“I think it is important for the players to belief more in themselves because their qualities are very high. We are happy for the fans, first of all, because we know what it means to beat Chelsea and for the club as well. In the last years they suffered, like the fans, they believe in this project, in this group and I’m happy for them.”
Spurs left back Andrew Robertson winning at Chelsea
“Stamford Bridge is a difficult place to come and it always is for every team that comes here, and obviously it’s a London derby and things like that so it adds to it but I just think the most pleasing thing was how we played, how we went about our business today. Everyone was outstanding and then you get the rewards for that and the result you deserve because it’s not always happened this season. We’ve probably played better than what our results suggested and we got the result Monday and we wanted to really kick on from that. I think today was our best performance of the season.”
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“We believed in ourselves and I think that was key we cam here and believed we could get the result and I think we showed that from minute one. We were comfortable on the ball, we played through their high press, we were aggressive when we didn’t have the ball and believed we’d come here and get the result and that’s what we’ve been working on and trying to get through the whole changing room. It’s just about the belief because we have the quality, I think nobody denies that when they look at the squad.”