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The back of the Spurs congratulated the Frenchman for his dominant performance in the victory over Maurizio Sarri's team and says that he could have scored more
Ben Davies thinks Moussa Sissoko may have been Tottenham's "scapegoat" in the past, but feels his impressive performance against Chelsea has proven that he's now at the top of his game.
The 29-year-old has been a target of criticism since he joined the Newcastle United Spurs in 2016 and struggled to establish in the first eleventh of Mauricio Pochettino.
Indeed, the French international has not yet reached 50 starts for the club, while he had joined them almost two and a half years ago.
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Sissoko, however, was one of the players to make a big difference in Chelsea's 3-1 victory at Wembley on Saturday and Davies believes he has shown his strength of character.
"I thought it was excellent again," Davies told the press. "It really shows the quality that he has, but we've never doubted what he could bring to this team." He had a bit of flak, sometimes unfairly, and he became a bit of a scapegoat when we did not play better.
"But I thought today, and during this season he's been great for us, so we're thrilled for him. [the criticism got to him]. It's hard to say. It's hard to get into the minds of players and know what they think of the time.
"But if you're told that you're not playing well, it's going to go through your head, and if you can come back, you can do anything, he really showed how important he is to this team. incredibly hard and that is what we have in all this team of boys who are working hard and who are willing to make efforts on the training ground.
"That brings in matches for us.It's no different from anyone in this regard."
Davies is another player who made a strong performance at Wembley by helping to keep a duel ahead of Eden Hazard, Alvaro Morata and Willian Silent over the next 90 minutes.
Mauricio Pochettino won the tactical battle of the day with his sizzling 4-3-1-2 system Jorginho, with Dele Alli playing a key role in stopping the Italian international game.
"I think we played very well," added Davies. "We had a game plan and everything worked perfectly, the boys in the top could have scored five or six today and one more day the chances that we could have been easily caught."
"Jorginho has really ticked Chelsea this year, when he played and played once or twice, he's a very good player, but when you're against someone like Dele, who you are?" continually harbad and make efforts on the defensive side too, you can see the space created for Son and Harry [Kane] as soon as we recovered it.
"We watched their [last] game, but it was not something we thought too much about, to see how Everton played. The manager appointed the team yesterday and explained to us how he wanted us to play. We must pay tribute to him for the way he organized us – it really canceled their threat. "
Tottenham's victory over Chelsea marks a crucial week for the club, which faces a crucial Champions League match against Inter before playing for Arsenal at Emirates Stadium on Sunday.
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Pochettino 's injuries at the back mean that Davies may have to play three matches in the space of a week, but the Welsh international insists that he is ready to answer the call of his coach.
"Yes, I'm 100% [ready]. As a player, you want to play as many games as you can, "he added. If the games are held every three days, you make the effort to do it. This is what the efforts on the training ground serve. When you play these games every three days, you must be fit, strong and ready.
"As a team, we are confident that we can do it again, which gives you a lot of confidence in beating a good team like Chelsea and that it was their first defeat this season. of confidence to withdraw from this. "
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