Chelsea 2-0 Tottenham Hotspur - 5 Talking Points

#2 Hugo Lloris - An agent of chaos

Lloris wilted under the pressure from Chelsea

It has been a series of unfortunate events for Hugo Lloris since that day in Moscow, when he was potentially at the pinnacle of world football after lifting the World Cup with France last summer.

Even on that day, when Les Bleus were comfortably winning, Lloris produced a calamitous error that helped Croatia pull a goal back and that laid out his deficiencies.

Perhaps no other player at Tottenham would have had a bigger post-World Cup hangover than him and that is still after turning a blind eye on the drink-driving allegations that came to light earlier this season.

And against Chelsea, Lloris was nowhere near his confident self to begin with. The Frenchman almost paid the price for a sloppy pass early on in the first half, but Gonzalo Higuain failed to make the best use of the opportunity.

However, the mishap struck Spurs with just about six minutes of normal time left on the clock as he failed to communicate clearly with Kieran Trippier when the defender's back pass found the back of the visitors' net.

The goal might go down as an own goal from Trippier, but it is safe to say that Lloris had a better view of the position and should have taken the initiative to communicate effectively with his team-mate to nullify the situation.

That did not happen, and Spurs ended up paying the price for an individual error, yet again.