Saturday 19 August 2017 21:32, UK
Tottenham's Dele Alli says there is "no hiding" the importance of Sunday's match against Chelsea.
It is Tottenham's first Premier League game at Wembley - their temporary home for the campaign - after battling their London rivals for the title last term.
Spurs stuttered at the national stadium in their European games last season, and they have lost to Chelsea in their previous three meetings at Wembley, including a 4-2 defeat in an FA Cup semi-final in April.
"Obviously every game is important and every game means a lot to the players and the fans," Alli said.
"But there's no hiding how big Sunday's match is to all of us. We've got some history with Chelsea over the last couple of years and we're going out there looking to win the game.
"Obviously, we were disappointed with the FA Cup semi-final against them at Wembley. It was another cracking game, a real battle and we played very well on the day, but Chelsea just had the edge. I'm sure it's going to be another great game this time."
Spurs were runners-up last season and kicked off their bid to go one better with a 2-0 win at Newcastle last Sunday.
But Chelsea suffered a 3-2 loss to Burnley and Spurs midfielder Harry Winks is optimistic about their chances of claiming all three points.
"I think we've got to get a positive result after the semi-final last season," he said. "Any derby, any local rivalry is a game that we all want to win.
"You've got to give Chelsea respect in the sense that they're champions, they've got a good team and good players, but I think it's important that we focus on ourselves really.
"We've got great players and we've got a good team so we look at it as a winnable game. We want to win it and we're capable of doing that."
