David Luiz believes it was important that Chelsea showed its "great character" in a 2-1 win over Tottenham at Wembley after losing to Burnley on the opening weekend of its Premier League title defence.
The champion was 3-0 down against Burnley at Stamford Bridge, with a second-half fightback not enough to recover a point for Antonio Conte's nine men.
But David Luiz saw a spirit in the closing stages of that defeat that Chelsea took into the clash with rival Spurs to earn a huge win through Marcos Alonso's double.
"The victory started in the second half of the first game against Burnley, because we did great then," he told Sky Sports .
"It's important to show character after a defeat. We had a great mentality and great character, especially as we didn't start the league very well last week.
"Playing against a fantastic team, fantastic players, we deserved to win."
And David Luiz was particularly pleased with Chelsea's game plan against Tottenham, acknowledging that it could not hope to dominate a side that had finished as runner-up last season.
"It was a clever game," he added. "You need to understand, when you play against a very good team, sometimes you can keep more of the ball, but sometimes you need to try to surprise them on the counter-attack with one touch.
"I think we did great in a clever way."
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