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Chelsea three things to look for: Spurs in the League Cup

By Gabe Henderson

LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 22: Olivier Giroud of Chelsea scores the opening goal during the Premier League match between Chelsea FC and Tottenham Hotspur at Stamford Bridge on February 22, 2020 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Craig Mercer/MB Media/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 22: Olivier Giroud of Chelsea scores the opening goal during the Premier League match between Chelsea FC and Tottenham Hotspur at Stamford Bridge on February 22, 2020 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Craig Mercer/MB Media/Getty Images) /
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Chelsea’s English striker Tammy Abraham (R) celebrates with Chelsea’s English midfielder Mason Mount (L) after scoring their third goal during the English Premier League football match between West Bromwich Albion and Chelsea at The Hawthorns stadium in West Bromwich, central England, on September 26, 2020. (Photo by LAURENCE GRIFFITHS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Chelsea’s English striker Tammy Abraham (R) celebrates with Chelsea’s English midfielder Mason Mount (L) after scoring their third goal during the English Premier League football match between West Bromwich Albion and Chelsea at The Hawthorns stadium in West Bromwich, central England, on September 26, 2020. (Photo by LAURENCE GRIFFITHS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) /

2. Can the Blues ride the wave?

The start of the new season has brought with it many fresh changes at the club. Unfortunately, it has also come with some unwelcome continued trends. One of the team’s worst habits in Lampard’s first season was its tendency to play hot and cold each side of the halftime whistle. The Blues were incapable of stringing together two solid halves of football and it cost them a plethora of points throughout the season.

Three Premier League matches into this year and it looks like much of the same. The first halves against Brighton and West Brom, as well as the second half against Liverpool, were examples of how poor Lampard’s side can look. Luckily for Chelsea, its best half of football in recent memory came in the last 45 or so minutes the team played. The Blues flipped a three goal first half deficit at The Hawthorns on its head and managed to escape the West Midlands with a point for their troubles.

Blues youngsters energized the side, but the performance wasn’t a walk in the park for the full 90. It showed the sky high and rock bottom potentials of this group, the questions now surround whether or not the Blues can ride this wave. A win over Spurs could spark a high the Blues could take into the late October meeting with Manchester United—with winnable matches against Southampton and Crystal Palace in between—but they have to get through Mourinho’s men first.

As we’ve learned in previous encounters with the north London Lilywhites, they won’t go down without a fight. Lampard has to have his side prepared for a high-octane performance from the first moment to the full-time whistle. If not, Chelsea could crash out of the Carabao Cup in the round of 16 at the hands of one of its most hated rivals.

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