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David Luiz reveals Antonio Conte's advice ahead of Chelsea's win over Tottenham
DAVID LUIZ has revealed Antonio Conte's instructions for Chelsea's 2-1 win over Tottenham yesterday.
David Luiz reveals Antonio Conte advice for Tottenham clash
Conte deployed Luiz as a midfielder at Wembley alongside N'Golo Kante as Cesar Azpilicueta, Andreas Christensen and Antonio Rudiger were played in the back-three.
And the Chelsea manager told Luiz to cover the space of Tottenham midfield duo Christen Eriksen and Dele Alli.
"Run! Run a lot! Not to cover the space of Eriksen and Dele Alli," Luiz told Sky Sports.
"They always play very well between the lines so I was there to close this gap and not leave any space for them to create so I was trying to do my best.
David Luiz told to cover ground of Christian Eriksen and Dele Alli
To cover the space of Eriksen and Alli
"It was a clever game because you need to understand that when you play against a very good team sometimes you can keep more of the ball, possession.
"But sometimes you need to surprise and counter-attack. I think we did great in a clever way."
Marcos Alonso scored twice for the visitors as Conte's men, crowned champions in May, recovered from their opening home loss to Burnley.
Alonso's first-half free-kick was cancelled out by Michy Batshuayi's own goal eight minutes from time - but Alonso struck again to finish off Spurs at the death.