Because they realize that if they try to keep up with Liverpool's game it will endanger themselves considering the conditions are not too possible for that so indeed the only way is to survive even though this result is quite surprising and indeed the reaction given by many people about this game is quite reasonable because it is clear this is outside of everyone's expectations but this is a match that indeed anything can happen.
With this result Liverpool are still in 3rd place in the standings, it's just that they can't get closer to Manchester City and Tottenham who will play today.
Chelsea are not really in form now but Tottenham Hotspur shouldn't be capitalize on that because Chelsea are unpredictable, take a look at them against arsenal they surprised almost everybody with the way they play. Tottenham Hotspur are in a very good condition now and they will like to have a continuity in their unbeaten since their are the only one standing in that position, this week game had changed so many, among the top five in the table only Manchester City escape the disaster of the week, Liverpool vs town drew, Arsenal are Aston villa loss now Tottenham Hotspur are the only left is either they join Manchester City or Liverpool or Arsenal and Aston villa, the choice is in their hands.
I believe that Tottenham is in great form now, and it will not be easy for any team to defeat them in their current form. So in the Tottenham match against Chelsea today, Tottenham is the favorite team to win the match based on their performances this season, but the truth is that anything can still happen because we can't really say that Chelsea will remain in this poor form throughout this season, despite the fact that nobody can say that Tottenham will also really remain in great form throughout this season. So with that, I believe that anything can happen, and if Chelsea later win the game, I will not be surprised because I expect Chelsea to also pick up form one day as this season is going because Chelsea has a full-quality set of players, which I believe they can play better than this. But still, in my prediction, Tottenham is the favorite team to win the game based on their statistics on the ground this season.
Tottenham continue to build on their success in the EPL. The club goes on a series without defeats, almost only winning. In addition, Postecolu's team does play at home, where they play especially confident. Chelsea will be hard to win. I think today's Chelsea is hardly able to fight for points with such a strong opponent as Tottenham. Most likely the Blues won't even be able to score.