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Chelsea 2-0 Tottenham: Trevoh Chalobah and Nicolas Jackson hand Chelsea win over Spurs

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Chelsea won the reverse fixture between the sides 4-1 at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in November

Chelsea beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 at Stamford Bridge to keep them in the hunt for European football – and deal a massive blow to their London rivals’ hopes of qualifying for the Champions League next season.

Trevoh Chalobah opened the scoring when the defender rose to meet a Conor Gallagher free-kick with a powerful header mid-way through the first half.

There was a lengthy video assistant referee check for a possible block by Chelsea defender Marc Cucurella on Brennan Johnson in the build-up, but the goal was given.

Spurs did not create many chances and Cristian Romero had their best opportunity when he headed wide inside the six-yard-box in the first half.

But Chelsea took control in the 71st minute when Cole Palmer’s free-kick from the edge of the area struck the bar and Nicolas Jackson headed the rebound into an empty net.

Victory sent Chelsea into eighth place, just two points behind Newcastle in seventh and a possible European spot.

Tottenham, meanwhile, are seven points behind Aston Villa with a game in hand in their battle for fourth place.

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Chelsea

  1. Squad number28Player namePetrovic

  2. Squad number42Player nameGilchrist

  3. Squad number14Player nameChalobah

  4. Squad number5Player nameBadiashile

  5. Squad number3Player nameCucurella

  6. Squad number25Player nameCaicedo

  7. Squad number23Player nameGallagher

  8. Squad number11Player nameMadueke

  9. Squad number20Player namePalmer

  10. Squad number10Player nameMudryk

  11. Squad number15Player nameJackson

  1. Squad number31Player nameCasadei

  2. Squad number49Player nameTauriainen

  3. Squad number63Player nameAcheampong

Line-ups

Chelsea

Formation 4-2-3-1

  • 28Petrovic
  • 42GilchristSubstituted forAcheampongat 85′minutes
  • 14Chalobah
  • 5Badiashile
  • 3Cucurella
  • 25Caicedo
  • 23Gallagher
  • 11Madueke
  • 20Palmer
  • 10MudrykSubstituted forCasadeiat 75′minutes
  • 15JacksonSubstituted forTauriainenat 90+4′minutes

Substitutes

  • 13Bettinelli
  • 31Casadei
  • 36de Souza Eugênio
  • 46Sturge
  • 49Tauriainen
  • 54Castledine
  • 63Acheampong
  • 67George
  • 78Dyer

Tottenham

Formation 4-2-3-1

  • 13Vicario
  • 23Porro
  • 17Romero
  • 37van de VenBooked at 67mins
  • 12Emerson RoyalSubstituted forLo Celsoat 86′minutes
  • 8BissoumaSubstituted forHøjbjergat 63′minutes
  • 29SarrSubstituted forMaddisonat 63′minutes
  • 22JohnsonSubstituted forGilat 78′minutes
  • 21Kulusevski
  • 7Son Heung-min
  • 9RicharlisonSubstituted forBentancurat 63′minutes

Substitutes

  • 4Skipp
  • 5Højbjerg
  • 6Dragusin
  • 10Maddison
  • 11Gil
  • 18Lo Celso
  • 30Bentancur
  • 40Austin
  • 59Moore

Live Text

  1. Match ends, Chelsea 2, Tottenham Hotspur 0.

  2. Second Half ends, Chelsea 2, Tottenham Hotspur 0.

  3. Attempt missed. Bryan Gil (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is too high. Assisted by James Maddison.

  4. Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Moisés Caicedo.

  5. Substitution, Chelsea. Jimi Tauriainen replaces Nicolas Jackson.

  6. Attempt missed. James Maddison (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Giovani Lo Celso.

  7. Attempt missed. Rodrigo Bentancur (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Son Heung-Min following a fast break.

  8. Attempt blocked. Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.

  9. Attempt blocked. Cristian Romero (Tottenham Hotspur) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Giovani Lo Celso with a cross.

  10. Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Moisés Caicedo.

  11. Attempt blocked. James Maddison (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

  12. Attempt blocked. Giovani Lo Celso (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Son Heung-Min.

  13. Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Conor Gallagher.

  14. Attempt blocked. Rodrigo Bentancur (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Bryan Gil with a cross.

  15. Son Heung-Min (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick on the left wing.

  16. Foul by Benoît Badiashile (Chelsea).

  17. Attempt saved. Rodrigo Bentancur (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Son Heung-Min.

  18. Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Guglielmo Vicario.

  19. Attempt saved. Cole Palmer (Chelsea) left footed shot from long range on the right is saved in the top centre of the goal.

  20. Foul by Rodrigo Bentancur (Tottenham Hotspur).

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