Chelsea 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur, player ratings: Mendy, Silva, Kanté the white spine

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As Reece James said, Chelsea’s main goal was obviously to win the game, but unless that is the case, we should definitely make sure we don’t lose the game. And outside of the penalty shootout, you can’t lose if you don’t concede.

That’s where Mendy comes in, who has now retained his fifth Premier League clean sheet in just six games and eight in eleven games overall. The five clean sheets put Mendy at the top of the league’s golden gloves standings, one ahead of six other goalkeepers, including Spurs’ Hugo Lloris.

While Mendy had a few good saves on Sunday, clean sheets are rarely the job of one player. And that’s where Thiago Silva comes in, who made another excellent passage to the back, organizing, covering, playing ball. Except for one crazed moment from Kurt Zouma, this was another great outing from Silva & Co – all four backs from Silva, Zouma, James and Chilwell these days are at least as good as all four fullbacks Chelsea have. put in place. these last years.

The last major element in Chelsea’s clean sheet was the midfielder, who needed to be vigilant and provide cover for all the scorers Spurs could throw. And we did it pretty much flawlessly, thanks in large part to the work of this one man (not to mention the very good outings by Kovačić and Mount as well).

With goalkeepers, defenders and midfielders like this, we certainly have the solid foundation on which to build a challenge for the title. The attack had a day off against a sturdy parked bus, but we can probably assume that such days will be rare given the talent we have accumulated there.

Forward and up!