TERRACE TALK: Chelsea - Sulky Diego Costa should heed Claudio Ranieri’s Leicester

It’s been a long, long time since Chelsea travelled to White Hart Lane as underdogs. In days gone by, collecting three points from Tottenham was just one of life’s certainties — and for many Chelsea fans, the highlight of the season.

So given our disastrous start to the season, I was more than a little concerned yesterday, despite our recent encouraging signs of revival.

I didn’t like some of the comments coming out of Mourinho ahead of the game — it sounded to me like he was getting his excuses in early. Then there was John Terry’s injury. If anyone knows how important this game was, he did, and I was counting on him to ensure every one of those players sweated blood if need be.