Thibaut Courtois believes Chelsea needed the "wake-up call" of losing to Burnley to show them the effort that is required to retain their Premier League title
Chelsea's Thibaut Courtois
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Thibaut Courtois believes Chelsea needed the "wake-up call" of losing to Burnley to show them the effort that is required to retain their Premier League title.
Antonio Conte's side recovered from that shock opening weekend defeat to beat London rivals Tottenham 2-1 at Wembley on Sunday.
Marcos Alonso struck twice to seal three points for Chelsea, despite the fact Spurs levelled courtesy of a Michy Batshuayi own goal.
Courtois feels the victory came after an eye-opening afternoon against Burnley. "We just started badly," he said. "Maybe we needed as a group a little wake-up call and say 'look, we need to give 150 per cent this year and not 100 per cent'. That's what we did (against Spurs), I think we did very well. You see that in the end. We can win those difficult games. I remember two years ago we had to go to Man City and lost there, and it was a difficult start for us.
"Now, this victory is good. Next week we play at home against Everton, who are doing well. We don't have the easiest start but this victory is good for the confidence, to continue the hard work we are doing in training," he added.
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