There was no love for thy neighbor on the day these bitter London rivals united in tribute to Jimmy Greaves.
No more goals for Romelu Lukaku who has returned to Chelsea in prolific form. Nothing from Harry Kane who spent most of the game out on the left of Tottenham’s front three.
It was an hard fought midfield battle between Chelsea and Tottenham in the first half of the game. An early substitution was made by Tomas Tuchel in the start of the second half, this prove to be the tactical twitch in which the game swirl to.
Thiago Silva broke the deadlock with an header from a Marcos Alonso corner. N’Golo Kante who claimed the second, fired a shot which got diverted past Hugo Lloris by a hapless deflection from Eric Dier.
Rudiger grabbed a third in the closing minutes of the game to secure Chelsea’s win and maintain their unbeaten run this season with a clean sheet. This takes them to the top of the log with 13 points, and Liverpool in the second place leveled with points.
