Chelsea player ratings: Christensen, Hudson-Odoi should have been in best XI

Jorginho, Midfielder: 5.5

Jorginho extended to five his streak of games in which he took a shot. This was arguably the worst yet, a 25-yard “effort” that was higher than the frame of goal before it was within 10 yards of the goal. Tottenham did not so much press Chelsea as they did put four forwards and midfielders in a square around Jorginho, forcing the centre-backs the play the ball out through the full-backs and then the full-backs up the side. Not sure what Spurs were worried about. When he was on the ball, Jorginho was as predictable as ever.

He is quickly make the case my colleagues Travis Tyler and Hugo Amaya have made in their opposition to Chelsea signing Gonzalo Higuain: success between a player and coach at one club is rarely transferrable to another.

N’Golo Kante, Midfielder: 7

Kante had three shots, two on target: the same as Eden Hazard. Even if this is part of his new job, it still is just not right for Kante to be leading any of the offensive statistics. His shot selection was nearly the same as Hazard’s as well: both took two from outside the box, one from inside. Kante’s were struck better and were more threatening. Just not right.

Kante was more than Chelsea’s box-to-box midfielder. In true Kante style he was more of an end-to-end midfielder. He was at the base of every Chelsea defensive structure and near the tip of any Chelsea attack. While Frank Lampard would make late runs into the box, Kante was making early runs. Whether this is because he is so much faster, was in a better starting position or simply had more determination than the forwards or attacking midfielder, we say again, just not right.

Ross Barkley, Midfielder: 5

The combination of Ross Barkley as attacking midfielder and Eden Hazard as centre-forward left No. 10-shaped holes all over Chelsea’s offensive moves.

Tottenham boxed Barkley out of the centre, not giving him any path back to where he needed to be after he would drop deep towards Jorginho. This exposed him as not being able to provide much if he can not make sharp, aggressive runs through the centre of the pitch at the opponent’s defensive line. With Hazard dropping very deep to recover the ball, too, the Blues had no one up front in the centre of the pitch to receive a pass, turn the play or do much of anything.

Barkley is most effective with a true centre-forward and a true No. 10 elsewhere on the pitch. The Eden Hazard experiment in the centre could come to cost Barkley.