Tottenham Hotspur bolstered its hopes for a top-four end and prolonged Chelsea’s depressing run beneath coach Graham Potter with a 2-0 win over the Blues within the Premier League on Sunday, due to second-half targets from Oliver Skipp and Harry Kane.
Seconds after the break, Skipp picked up a poor clearance by Chelsea’s British report signing Enzo Fernandez and fired in from greater than 20 yards, his shot entering into off the bar after Kepa Arrizabalaga couldn’t get sufficient of a hand on it.
Chelsea, who has now received simply two of their final 15 video games in all competitions, struggled to reply and within the 82nd minute Kane secured the win for Spurs when he pounced on the far publish after a nook by Son Heung-min was flicked on by Eric Dier.
Chelsea failed to attain for fourth time in 5 league video games regardless of spending round 300 million kilos ($358 million) on gamers in January alone.
The win – the primary for the hosts in 9 league video games in opposition to Chelsea – saved Spurs fourth within the desk, 4 factors forward of fifth-placed Newcastle United who’ve two video games in hand.
“Chelsea have been a difficult opponent for us over the last few years,” Kane informed the BBC. “So it’s a really important win to keep us around fourth. Overall I thought we deserved the win.”
Chelsea sits in tenth place, 14 factors behind Spurs and 10 away from the relegation zone, representing a calamitous lack of kind for a aspect who received the Champions League beneath former coach Thomas Tuchel in 2021.
Potter, who took over at Stamford Bridge when Tuchel was fired by Chelsea’s American house owners final September, gave striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang a uncommon probability off the bench and introduced on costly January signing Mykhailo Mudryrk in his determined seek for a aim.
But Spurs might have received by extra, with Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg hitting the publish within the first half.
Spurs assistant coach Cristian Stellini, deputising for Antonio Conte who’s recovering from surgical procedure, stated: “Our desire was … win, play a great game and to fight for every ball and we are happy for the fans, the club and of course for us and Antonio who is still at home.”
Stellini informed the BBC he anticipated Conte to be again this week.
Chelsea might have been lowered to 10 males shortly earlier than halftime when winger Hakim Ziyech was proven a purple card for his half in a melee, just for the punishment to be downgraded to a yellow card after a VAR assessment.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com