Chelsea continues to put pressure on those around them for the other places in the Champions League after having implemented a Derby 1-0 victory over Tottenham.
Enzo Maresca, who reminded his players the required standards necessary for the club before this evening shock, may be proud of an outfit of blues that looked from the best side to the start against a massively underperforming sub-performant Spurs side.
Chelsea therefore almost opened the scoring during their first incursion forward through Nicolas Jackson, lying to wear the constant defensive struggles Spurs negotiated all season.
The Senegalese striker was placed in space with a direct ball from Trevoh Chaloba before rounding Guglielmo Vicario. Micky Van de Ven found the return to erase his efforts, which would divert him again before and bounced after hitting the post.
The Spurs then tried to hit themselves soon a minute later with an incisive decision of their own son with the goal of the goal before Malo Gusto unwinding his effort for a corner.
The first exchanges between the two parties of the capital offered the back-and-foster case, which was expected that many provided, with Gusto himself also approaching an opener with an outdoor route of the box, but the French could only hit the lateral net.
Vicario would deny Jadon Sancho with a great reaction backup a few seconds before the end of the normal time when he turned the wing’s effort on the bar.
The former Borussia Dortmund Starlette found himself open in the box and at the end of a floating cross by Pedro Netro before his effort placed was well saved as Chélat looked more capable of breaking the dead end.
And just as the game race suggested, it was Chélat This jumped in the head less than five minutes after restarting when Enzo Fernández received a free head six meters from the goal, converting the dangerous ball of Cole Palmer in the region.
Fernández’s beloved midfielder’s partner, Moisés Caicedo, almost two minutes later with a fantastic long-range stole before Var declared offside during the previous free kick.
The Spurs were also refused to an equalizer by Pape Matar Sarr after having stolen Caicedo before released a journey to beat Robert Sánchez.
His strike was withdrawn, however, after Var judged the midfielder for hanging Caicedo with a high boot in accumulation before Craig Pawson plugs a yellow card.
Although they did not find a second to relieve the nerves of the bridge, the men of Maresca always claim the three points of the night, temporarily climbing in front of Manchester City and Newcastle United in the process.
Spurs remain in 14th after having undergone their third defeat in their last four games and could fall as slow as 16th according to other results this weekend.
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