Tottenham 3-1 Chelsea: 3 reasons why Chelsea lost to Spurs

#1 Minimal returns in the final third

Chelsea's output in the final third was next to zilch

Sarri decided to go with his trusted trio of Eden Hazard, Willian, and Alvaro Morata to spearhead the Chelsea attack. While all these players managed to get into promising spaces at different points in the game, they did not make the most out of these opportunities.

Morata had more than one chances to get on the scoreboard, but failed to time is runs and was trapped offside on multiple occasions.

Hazard, who looked potent in the first half, looked increasingly less effective as the match progressed, unable to grab the game by the scruff of its neck – as he has done so often this season.

Pedro was brought on by the ex-Napoli manager in an attempt to inject pace in Chelsea's final third, but the attacker seemed off-colour on the day, struggling to hold on to the ball in Tottenham's box.

20 - Olivier Giroud is only the second player in @premierleague history to score 20 goals as a substitute (Jermain Defoe 24). Cameo. #TOTCHE

— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) November 24, 2018

It was the introduction of Giroud – with his aerial threat – that gave the visitors their first goal, but the strike came a little too late for it to become anything more than a consolidation.