Mauricio Pochettino hosts his former club Tottenham at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League, with the aim of closing the gap on Newcastle United and Manchester United in the European spots. Chelsea’s task has been made drastically more difficult as Axel Disasi and the departing Thiago Silva are the newest casualties, adding to the now 14-man injury list.
Tottenham are aiming for redemption after a derby day defeat to Arsenal, and a 4-0 battering against Newcastle, has left Ange Postecoglou’s side opening an unwanted gap between themselves and fourth-placed Aston Villa as the race for European football nears its climax.
Neither side was able to stop Arsenal’s title charge in recent weeks, but the two fierce rivals can seriously dampen one another’s league ambitions at Stamford Bridge this evening, as Spurs look for their first away win against Chelsea in six years. Follow live updates from the Premier League match, below and see our Chelsea vs Tottenham prediction here.
Half-time ! Chelsea 1-0 Tottenham
50 mins: Chalobah’s strike gives Chelsea a first-half lead.
Nathan Edwards2 May 2024 20:20
Chelsea 1-0 Tottenham
47 mins: Spurs’ best piece of play so far gives them a great opening. Johnson, who has been Tottenham’s best player, is found behind Chelsea’s defence and delivers a ball in to Sarr. He swipes at it and his shot is blocked by Chalobah, who celebrates with a massive roar and gets a celebratory slap from Cucurella, very affectionate.
Nathan Edwards2 May 2024 20:19
Chelsea 1-0 Tottenham
45 mins: There are four minutes of added time in the first half.
Nathan Edwards2 May 2024 20:16
Chelsea 1-0 Tottenham
41 mins: Chelsea zipped the ball around well, between Palmer, Caicedo, Mudryk and Cucurella, with the latter getting clattered and winning a free-kick.
What resulted from the set-piece wasn’t as slick, with Mudryk cutting in and firing a horrific shot from outside the box well over.
Nathan Edwards2 May 2024 20:12
Chelsea 1-0 Tottenham
37 mins: Richarlison gets tussled to the ground by Badiashile, and Porro has a chance to deliver from a threatening area, and he finds Romero who beats Gilchrist to the ball but flashes a header wide.
It is Tottenham’s best chance by far, and with the space he had he should of at least directed it on target.
Nathan Edwards2 May 2024 20:09
Chelsea 1-0 Tottenham
35 mins: Postecoglou is furious on the touchline berating his team and barking orders as Mudryk lies on the floor. It is an unusual sight to see the Australian so worked up, but he wants to see more from his team.
Nathan Edwards2 May 2024 20:06
Chelsea 1-0 Tottenham
32 mins: The crowd has been electric here at Stamford Bridge, with Tottenham fans bringing the noise to the game, and Chelsea often responding with a chant of their own.
It is adding to an exciting opening 30 minutes, but the away side are going to have to improve because, Mudryk nearly added a second but couldn’t find enough whip on his effort.
Nathan Edwards2 May 2024 20:03
GOAL! Chelsea 1-0 Tottenham (Chalobah, 25)
25 mins: Chalobah has opened the scoring.
Yep it counts, it took its time but Robert Jones declares it as a goal.
Chalobah gives Postecoglou more set-piece worries as he meets Gallagher’s free-kick and lofts his header over Vicario.
It was getting thoroughly checked for offside, which was cleared and then for a potential foul from Cucurella on Johnson. He blocked him slightly but it wasn’t enough for the goal to get overturned and Chelsea lead.
Nathan Edwards2 May 2024 19:55
Chelsea 0-0 Tottenham
24 mins: Mudryk has had a strong start to this game. Adding to a couple of the through balls he has played, he goes on a dribble which gets him into the Spurs box, via a couple of deflections, and he just loses his footing before rolling the ball into Vicario.
The Ukranian again sprays a ball across the pitch to Madueke, and he charges inwards but his finish is a bit wild and doesn’t test the Italian in goal.
Nathan Edwards2 May 2024 19:54
Chelsea 0-0 Tottenham
20 mins: Caicedo wins a free-kick after Kulusevski clips his foot. It allows Gallagher to hit a floating ball in, which is only cleared as far as Badiashile, who has his shot blocked.
Nathan Edwards2 May 2024 19:51
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