Tottenham captain Hugo Lloris says Sunday's clash with Chelsea will be a good yardstick.

Spurs were soundly beaten four times by Chelsea last season, including three defeats in January.

Lloris told the London Evening Standard: “Obviously when you face that kind of opponent it's a good moment to judge yourself.

“After two games, whatever the result [next weekend] there will be plenty of games ahead of us but it's more that we can confirm the good result and performance [against Southampton] and show improvement compared to last season.

“Chelsea is a very strong team, very competitive, they will probably be a contender for the title and it's good for us to go there and challenge them."

On Saturday's victory over Southampton, Lloris said: "With the eight previous months [under Antonio Conte] and also the pre-season it gives us a strong structure and the basics. We know each other well and there's also the addition of quality players and international players, so obviously we're going to try to be as competitive as we can.

"There's a big challenge for us next weekend at Stamford Bridge and we'll try in the same way to respect our philosophy and respect the way we want to play, and we want to compete.

"I believe the work we've done the last eight months plus pre-season is giving us on the physical aspect and the tactical aspect a lot of guidance and a reference point.

"And then we need to increase - and this is down to the players - the mental aspect to become even more important competitive and to reduce the gap with the best teams in the country and in the Champions League the best teams in Europe.

"We're going the right way. But again, it's easy to talk right now in front of you. The most important thing is to show it even time we have the possibility, even time we face an opponent."

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