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Spurs go 25 years without victory at Stamford Bridge, with Chelsea notching a resounding 3-0 victory, reaffirming their place at the top of the Premier League while upholding their unbeaten record.
Spurs had looked mightily impressive for the first 20 minutes, with Harry Kane the width of the crossbar away from putting Mauricio Pochettino’s side into the lead.
Eden Hazard’s goal got the opener, and when Didier Drogba scored the second after just 22 minutes, the game was as good as done.
The visitors were unable to replicate their early pressure, and Chelsea’s victory march became a procession, topped off with Loic Remy adding a third goal.
FINAL SCORE:
Chelsea 3
Spurs 0
Chelsea will look to maintain their unbeaten start to the English Premier League season when London-rivals Tottenham Hotspur make a visit to the Bridge. Join The Roar Sports from 6:45am AEDT for live scores and commentary.
Jose Mourinho’s side have enjoyed a near-perfect start to the campaign, unbeaten in all competitions and streaking ahead at the top of the Premier League table with just a third of the season gone so far.
Talks of an “Invincible” season may be held back until after the always-hectic Christmas period, but a win over Spurs could see Chelsea streak up to ten points clear should results go their way.
For Spurs, their season has been more of the strange variety than successful. An air of unsatisfaction seems to hang around White Hart Lane, with heavy defeats against those they should be competing alongside, as well as disappointing home defeats to the likes of Stoke and West Brom.
Having said that, a win in this game will take Mauricio Pochettino’s side to within one point of fifth-placed West Ham, giving them their seventh win from 14 games in the process.
That will be far from an easy task for the visitors, who have not won at Stamford Bridge since 1990, when a certain Gary Lineker scored the winning goal – 27 matches ago.
They don’t have to go quite that far back for victory at the Lane, with Jermain Defoe and Gareth Bale on the scoresheet in a 2-1 victory in 2010, blowing the title race wide open in the process.
Chelsea will be without striker Diego Costa, who picked up his fifth yellow card of the season to earn suspension, with Loic Remy expected to come in for the Brazilian.
Mourinho could plump for Didier Drogba as the replacement, however, with his experience of many a London derby a huge asset in the Ivorian’s favour. Nathan Ake is also out with a hamstring problem.
Spurs will wait to test the fitness of striker Emmanuel Adebayor, although he may not even get the nod with Roberto Soldado breaking his scoring duck – 627 minutes long to be precise – against Everton on Sunday.
Christian Eriksen is also set to start, looking to add to his 11 goals in the calendar year, behind just Yaya Toure and Steven Gerrard in terms of quantity of goals from a midfielder.
Prediction: Both sides have won three of their last four games, but Chelsea’s excellent form this season should see them come out on top, despite their 0-0 blip against Sunderland, the first time they had failed to score a goal in a Premier League game since May.
Diego Costa will be a miss for them, but the midfield should provide the necessary goal threats, whilst the hosts’ back four will easily overpower Spurs’ underwhelming frontline.
2-0 Chelsea.
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