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These three Chelsea players are vulnerable: Tottenham’s star man can expose them - Wright
MOUSA DEMBELE will have to be at his best if Tottenham want to beat Chelsea tomorrow evening, says Ian Wright.
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Spurs will be hoping to end Chelsea’s run of 13 consecutive league wins when Antonio Conte’s men pay a visit to White Hart Lane.
And Wright reckons Dembele, who is yet to score this season, offers Tottenham the best chance of taking three points off the league leaders.
“Mousa Dembele is Tottenham’s biggest weapon in the toughest challenge facing any team at the moment — beating Chelsea,” the former Arsenal striker said in his column for The Sun.
“When Dembele is feeling fit and strong and on top of his game, there is nobody better in the Premier League at running at opposition players and putting the frighteners on them.
Ian Wright reckons Mousa Dembele is Tottenham's secret weapon
Mousa Dembele is Tottenham’s biggest weapon in the toughest challenge facing any team at the moment — beating Chelsea
“Not so much in a physical way but with his momentum and technical ability to put players under the cosh in front of their own goal.
“And getting Chelsea under pressure is what Spurs must do.”
Conte is expected to use his usual 3-4-3 system that has seen them concede just two goals in their last five matches.
And while the formation has worked wonders for Marcos Alonso and Victor Moses as full-backs, Wright believes the former, along with David Luiz and Gary Cahill, can be exploited by Spurs.
Ian Wright reckons Mousa Dembele could cause David Luiz some problems
Antonio Conte's Chelsea are 13 games unbeaten in the Premier League
Wright added: “Alonso was hardly pulling up trees at Sunderland two years ago the way he is now. Put those two [Alonso and Cahill] under it for a while, as Spurs did for about 40 minutes at Stamford Bridge earlier in the season, and they are vulnerable.
“Luiz is the same. It’s the back-three system making them look invincible.
“Beat the system and you can beat the men. And Dembele is the most potent weapon in Spurs’ armoury to do just that.”
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