Antonio Conte provided a brutal assessment of his Tottenham team on Wednesday night - branding them a 'middle' team following a chastening defeat on his first return to Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea take a 2-0 advantage into next week's Carabao Cup semi-final second leg following a dominant win over Spurs in Wednesday night's first leg.
But Tottenham should count themselves lucky they didn't lose by a greater margin as Chelsea missed a host of chances to put the tie out of reach before next week's return leg.
'I know the situation, it is very clear in this moment there is an important gap,' said Conte, who sacked as Chelsea boss in 2018.