On Saturday, Tottenham produced a weak display, with only one attempt on target as they fell to a tame loss to Chelsea, with pressure mounting on Thomas Frank. Frank took off the superb Xavi Simons to strengthen the midfield by bringing on Joao Palhinha and it became a lesson in how to play with a man disadvantage, countering with pace and looking a threat every time they progressed. Spurs opened the scoring in the 19th minute, pouncing on Gabriel Pereira's loose pass, which was collected by Rodrigo Bentancur and moved on to the excellent Simons.