Thomas Tuchel did not hide his intentions before Sunday's clash with Spurs. The German had responded to questions in Friday's press conference over how he would deal with the heat and the challenge of stifling Antonio Conte's 3-4-3 formation.
"I think we have to be very disciplined in certain regions of the game. They stepped the level up in their game. They play in the same structure so far and have a pattern in offensive pressing and in their attitude to defending. This changes a lot.
"It's very important we are good on the ball. It's very important we are the dominant team. Hopefully, we put the game in the opponent's half and control their counter-attacks before everybody else sees them. Hopefully, we don't talk about counter-attacking because they are maybe one of the best teams in the world in counter-attacks and these movements."
