Preseason: Alonso gives reason for Chelsea’s 2-1 defeat to 10-man Tottenham

Chelsea manager, Xabi Alonso, has expressed his privation for improved possession power pursuing their pre-season affable nonaccomplishment to Tottenham Hotspur.

Richarlison helped the Lilywhites to a 2-1 triumph astatine the Accor Stadium successful Sydney, Australia, connected Saturday, scoring with the last footwear of the match.

Sandro Tonali opened the scoring aft a spirited archetypal 15 minutes, uncovering the nett with a deflected changeable from conscionable extracurricular the punishment area, beating Teddy Sharman-Lowe.

Estevao Willian equalised soon thereafter, darting past Andy Robertson astatine the backmost station to link with a beautifully weighted transverse from Jamie Gittens.

Just a fewer minutes into the 2nd half, Kevin Danso, who had travel connected for Jan Paul van Hecke astatine half-time, was dismissed for a foul connected Joao Pedro. Tottenham recovered themselves nether pressure, with Chelsea dominating possession and pushing forward.

However, the Lilywhites were fortunate arsenic Antonin Kinsky made respective important saves to support Ro...