Chelsea and Tottenham They played a London derby of needs in Stamford Bridge. Both are looking to catch the last train to their destination. European League for Chelsea and Champions for Tottenham. Pochettino’s, who added his 400th England game They took the victory (2-0) and are three points behind Manchester United. The spurs are seven away from the fourth place occupied by Aston Villathough with one less party than the villains.
| Pos | eq | Pts | Q | v | AND | d |
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| 5 | 47 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 6 | |
| Eleven |
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35 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 |
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In the first half the set of Ange Postecoglou He was completely unrecognizable, at the mercy of Chelsea, who didn’t think twice. Before minute 5 he got the first one jacksonin a hand to hand specified under the legs of Vicar and Van de Ven saving him sticks, leaving it to his pleasure Palmerwhich was unexpected and threw it on the crossbar.
Chelsea added arrivals from the flanks, which meant nothing in the final metres. It was from a set piece that he managed to break the tie on the scoreboard, with a fine header from ChalobahIn the middle of Gallagher (24′).
Before the break, the gap between the ‘blue’ team did not increase because Mudryk and Madueke, who repeatedly made outside-in actions looking for their good leg, were not sharp at the end of plays. And they are about to pay dearly for it in Tottenham’s clearest, in a center with music from Combined in the second suit Rosemary He finished at point-blank range and just missed the post.
Chelsea’s smart second half
After going through the locker room, the script changed slightly. Tottenham took a step forward and Chelsea agreed to drop back and try to counterattack Nico Jackson’s moves. The ball circled the goal again and again. Petrovic, who saw danger up close, but did not need to intervene in any play. Poche’s team lived relatively calmly.
In the 72nd minute Cole Palmer would delight the crowd again with a brutal free kick that hit the crossbar, leading to that one rebound jackson He was able to seize the opportunity to put himself in the middle. Despite the criticism he has received in recent weeks for his lack of goals, the Senegalese scored his eleventh goal in 31 games and left the field of play to a standing ovation.
The ‘spurs’ tried desperately, introduced changes in the field, apart from which was Bryan Gil, who between injuries and technical decisions has not been seen on the field of play for three months. The Spaniard tried the few balls he received, although he was not influential on the scoreboard.
In the local team, ravaged by casualties and with a bench full of youngsters, he made his debut Acheampong, only 17 years old. He had several high-level defensive actions in the last siege that he reliably fought.
match lineup
28
42
3
23
14
5
Eleven
25
fifteen
twenty
10
13
23
12
29
17
37
22
8
9
twenty-one
7
Stamford Bridge
Guglielmo Vicario13
84′
Pedro Porro23
Emerson Royal12
85′
Pape Sarr29
62′
23′
Christian Romero17
Micky van de Ven37
66′
Brennan Johnson22
77′
Yves Bissouma8
62′
71′
93′
Richarlison9
62′
Dejan Kulusevskitwenty-one
74′
Son Heung-Min7
Replacements
Brandon Austin40
Radu Dragusin6
84′
Oliver Skipp4
74′
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg5
62′
93′
James Maddison10
62′
Giovani Lo Celso18
85′
Rodrigo Bentancur30
62′
Mike Moore59
Bryan GilEleven
77′
coach
Mauricio Pochettino
Ange Postecoglou
Source: La Verdad
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