Chelsea’s David Luiz reveals how Blues were shocked by Spurs’ tactical masterclass

DAVID LUIZ has blamed Chelsea's loss to Tottenham at the weekend on Spurs shocking them with a new system.

The Blues were battered 3-1 at Wembley with the Brazilian defender, 31, directly at fault for two of the goals.

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While Luiz admitted Chelsea "played badly", he added they were left stunned by Tottenham's high-pressure style early on.

The ex-Paris Saint-Germain star said: “I think they played very well, we did not play very well, I think we played very badly.

“We were surprised by their first 15 minutes, when they came with a different system, with high pressure.

"And everything was happening, every challenged ball was theirs, they were pushing us back, they got both goals."

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Luiz went on to blame an all-round terrible performance for the defeat but says they will learn from the loss.

He added: “I think in all aspects we did not do well. Both in the defensive aspect, in the collective, the attackers being the first defenders.

"As in creation, we did not create as much as we normally create. We did not have the ball possession as we usually do.

"I think on the whole we had a sad night where we could not find ourselves in the match.

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“We must be humble enough to admit that we didn’t play a great game, that Tottenham won the game.

"But also the awareness of knowing that we have been doing a great job, this is first defeat of the season, and we have to take what we did today to learn and grow.”

Meanwhile, Dele Alli confirmed Tottenham's change in tactics, revealing Mauricio Pochettino ordered him to get into Jorginho all game long.

Alli said: “We knew Jorginho is a big part of them playing out from the back and dominating possession. He’s obviously a very good player and likes getting on the ball.

“We thought that if we could stop that —  and we wanted to win the ball up high —  so I wanted to be as close to him as possible to make sure that we did win the ball up high, break early and create the chances we did."