How Spurs Beat Chelsea with De Zerbi's Honeycomb | A Coach's View

Chelsea 0-2 Tottenham tactical analysis: A Licence coach JJ explains "De Zerbi's ladder" and "the honeycomb", the two ideas behind how Spurs played through Chelsea's press at Stamford Bridge. Plus why De Zerbi singled out Micky van de Ven, and why JJ thinks Mateus Fernandes could become a world class player.

JJ starts with Kinsky and the sweeper role De Zerbi is asking him to play, and why the bravery mattered more than the mistakes in those conditions. Then Van de Ven: De Zerbi said he played his best game under him, and JJ explains it wasn't about the recovery tackles but the passing into midfield that Spurs have never had from him before.

On Fernandes, JJ goes through what he did in the deeper role, the switches of play, and a part of his game almost nobody mentions. Then Mathys Tel: how he stretched Chelsea's back line in the second half, and a touch-by-touch breakdown of the goal, including the line of the run and the two touches before the shot.

Jim asks whether the fitness drop-off at 70 minutes has gone, where Marmoush fits in this squad when Solanke isn't starting, and finally JJ explains the ladder and the honeycomb, and why that was the real reason Spurs won.

00:00 Open
00:45 Kinsky: brave in a sweeper role
03:44 Van de Ven: why De Zerbi singled him out
08:03 Robertson, Gray and Van Hecke
10:01 Fernandes: "potentially a world class player"
13:13 The set piece bonus
14:58 Tel: more than just the goal
18:54 The goal, touch by touch
20:25 Kudus, and has the fitness drop-off gone?
22:30 Where does Marmoush fit?
25:29 De Zerbi's ladder and the honeycomb
29:10 Outro

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