Roberto De Zerbi reveals secret Tottenham meeting which has reversed poor form

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Tabuteau, S. (2026, October 24). Roberto De Zerbi reveals secret Tottenham meeting which has reversed poor form. Evening Standard. https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/de-zerbi-secret-tottenham-meeting-b1302232.html

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Evening Standard · collected 2026-10-24 · by Sam Tabuteau

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Tottenham manager Roberto De Zerbi attributes his team's recent improvement to a candid meeting before their match against Manchester United two weeks ago. Since then, Spurs have earned seven points from three games and climbed to 12th place in the Premier League table. De Zerbi emphasizes the importance of changing the club’s mentality and praises young players like Mathys Tel and Mateus Fernandes for their performances against Chelsea.
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“Article A describes the upcoming match, while Article B reports on a previous result and team dynamics.”
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“Article A discusses an upcoming match, while Article B describes a previous match result and its impact on Tottenham's form.”
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🔮 Read More “Changing the spirit of the group (is important), changing the performance of the players, especially the more fragile players, maybe the younger players,” De Zerbi continued.
🔮 Struggled with Colwill’s physicality early on but found more luck when he dropped off and started spinning into space.
🔮 Both teams are building some momentum after stuttering starts to the season, though the Blues will have to cope with the shock absence of Joao Pedro through injury as Geovany Quenda makes his first start for the club along with Mike Penders.
🔮 Another win today would make it a record-breaking seventh in a row against their north London foes.
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🔮 Against no other team have the Blues won more than against Spurs, and they will relish the opportunity to let their fearsome attacking triumvirate loose on the north Londoners’ patchwork defence.
2026-10-24 · assertive framing · How Tottenham can end their Stamford Bridge hoodoo
🔮 Chelsea had nothing to play for as they welcomed Spurs to Stamford Bridge in May 2016, but knew they could stop their opponents’ title charge in its tracks if they avoided defeat.
🔮 Despite the noise around Carrick’s future, Standard Sport understands he is set to remain in charge against Bournemouth on Sunday and will conduct Friday’s press conference as usual.
🔮 “I regret maybe the last 10 minutes when I was the one telling the team to slow down the pace because there was another game and maybe with a 4-0 lead they could have managed something.
🔮 Spurs lost control of the game after Maddison was substituted for Conor Gallagher before the 70-minute mark, but speaking at full-time, the 29-year-old admitted that while he felt he could have played on, he and De Zerbi were continuing to be sensible about the amount of minutes he plays.
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Topics

Chelsea London Manchester Premier League Spurs

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De Zerbi PERSON · 5× Mateus Fernandes PERSON · 4× Mathys Tel PERSON · 3× Archie Gray PERSON · 2× Chelsea ORG · 2× Fernandes PERSON · 2× Manchester ORG · 2× Spurs ORG · 2× Cole Palmer PERSON · 1× Mike Penders PERSON · 1×

Narrative

Spurs have looked revitalised since returning from the extended international break, taking seven points from their last three games to rise up to 12th in the Premier League table, and De Zerbi credits a “big, big meeting” before their 1-1 draw with Manchester United two weeks ago for their reversal in fortunes.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-24
🔮 Read More “Changing the spirit of the group (is important), changing the performance of the players, especially the more fragile players, maybe the younger players,” De Zerbi continued.
2026-10-24 · Evening Standard
Roberto De Zerbi reveals secret Tottenham meeting which has reversed poor form · assertive framing

Claims (18 extracted, 0 hedged)

An own goal from stand-in Chelsea goalkeeper Mike Penders and a solo goal from Mathys Tel, either side of a red card for Cole Palmer, saw Spurs win for just the second time in their last 42 attempts at Stamford Bridge. asserted
Spurs → stand → Bridge
Spurs have looked revitalised since returning from the extended international break, taking seven points from their last three games to rise up to 12th in the Premier League table, and De Zerbi credits a “big, big meeting” before their 1-1 draw with Manchester United two weeks ago for their reversal in fortunes. asserted
Zerbi → look → fortunes
“I think we are working to change the mentality of our club in the last seasons,” De Zerbi said post-match. asserted
Zerbi → think → seasons
“Seven points after Manchester, before Manchester we spoke a lot. asserted
we → speak → lot
And from that moment, I think we changed something in ourselves.” asserted
we → think → ourselves
De Zerbi has spoken at length about changing the mentality of his players after a bruising couple of seasons, but he placed his trust in youngsters Archie Gray, Mateus Fernandes and Mathys Tel against Chelsea and was rewarded handsomely. asserted
he → speak → Chelsea
Read More “Changing the spirit of the group (is important), changing the performance of the players, especially the more fragile players, maybe the younger players,” De Zerbi continued. asserted
Zerbi → read → players
On Fernandes, who goaded Palmer into picking up the first of his two yellow cards as he swiped the ball away with his hand following a breakaway, De Zerbi said he was proud of the fight his players showed as they held their nerve on a feisty evening in west London. asserted
they → goad → London
He added: “I love watching my players fighting on the pitch. asserted
players → add → pitch
But Mateus Fernandes played 90 minutes with a big, big quality. asserted
Fernandes → play → quality
I want to see Mateus Fernandes with personality. asserted
Fernandes → want → personality
I want to see Fernandes enjoy with the ball. asserted
Fernandes → want → ball
Even if he can make a mistake, it doesn't matter. asserted
it → make → mistake
But I want to see this personality from my team. asserted
I → want → team
We must show personality. asserted
We → show → personality
We must show mentality. asserted
We → show → mentality
We must show our qualities to the players. asserted
We → show → players
Otherwise, we have to change.” asserted
we → have → ?
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