But as long as the reason’s there, as long as I understand in my head why we’ve taken the decision, somebody’s got to take it. “At the same time, I’m conscious that if we lose the game today people would have been asking me why I didn’t play Aubameyang. I don’t think it’s right just to keep 11 going until they fall down and get injured or whatever and then we play the next ones, as I don’t think that’s good for the group dynamic. I don’t think we can succeed with just 11 players. “It’s a credit to the players because there’s a good group here. Juggling two matches a week as well as trying to keep a deeper squad happy may see the Potter of old return, however, and only Kepa Arrizabalaga (£4.4m) and Mason Mount (£7.6m) have started all three matches since the international break. Potter was a bit more of an unknown quantity going into this period: he has tinkered heavily with Brighton line-ups in the past but was more settled with his selections in his final year on the south coast. We have to try to find the best solution.” – Antonio Conte
We know that on Wednesday we will have another important game, to try to go through to the Champions League. At this moment we have two players up front injured, Kulusevski and Moura. “In this moment we have just started to play many games every three days. Minute management has reduced Perisic to just six points over his last five appearances, while his average time played this season is 45.8 minutes. We knew that rotation would bite in this busy period, and Conte’s handful of changes weren’t exactly unexpected given that he named the same XI in both of Spurs’ previous matches over the last week. Reece James (£6.1m), Raheem Sterling (£10.0m), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£9.0m) and Ivan Perisic (£5.6m) were among the key Fantasy names who warmed the bench on Saturday. There was an entire team’s worth of changes across Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur’s two starting XIs today, with Graham Potter and Conte making seven and four alterations to their line-ups respectively. We’ve got the Champions League again in midweek, we’ve just got to recover well and the whole squad’s got to be ready to play and just keep battling out the games.” – Harry Kane ROTATION BITES “I’m feeling good, a lot of games coming thick and fast. A sore one but they are definitely worth it when you win the game for sure. He’s obviously gone full power for the shot there and I’ve just managed to get in front of him.
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