Carabao Cup Semi Finals: Tottenham players to watch against Chelsea

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Fernando Llorente

Llorente
Llorente

Llorente is the only senior striker in the Tottenham first team at the moment. Though he hasn't performed quite well, he will want to stamp his authority in this game and give Tottenham the edge.

Especially, after scoring an own goal against Fulham in his last game, Llorente will be much inspired to try and give his team the win to make up for that own-goal. Chelsea will be mad to not take this Spaniard striker seriously as he may well be the one that decides the game.

Being that he’s a physically imposing player, Llorente will bully the Chelsea defence any time he gets into their box. And he’s less mobile which will mean that Chelsea will have to man-mark him hence giving space to the likes of Eriksen to run from deep.

The runners from the midfield will feed off him and the wing backs will have someone to aim for with their crosses. As he’s powerful in the air, Chelsea will surely have a lot to contend with, with him on the field even though his scoring touch may have deserted him for some time now.

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