Chelsea vs Tottenham LIVE: Premier League result, score and reaction as Nicolas
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Tottenham’s Champions League hopes were dealt a damaging blow as they fell to a 2-0 Premier League defeat by Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.
Ange Postecoglou’s side were left trailing fourth-placed Aston Villa by seven points and now have just a single game in hand, as goals from Trevoh Chalobah and Nicolas Jackson saw Mauricio Pochettino emerge victorious against his former club to enhance his team’s own chances of qualifying for Europe.
This was far from Spurs at their fluid, swashbuckling best, and rarely did they put serious pressure on a Chelsea backline that had already posted the club’s worst league defensive record in more than 30 years.
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It was a tough evening for Ange Postecoglou as his side faced familiar set-piece and VAR nightmares, after two goals from corners against Arsenal on Sunday were followed up by Chalobah heading in from a free-kick and Jackson reacting quickest from Palmer’s rebounded shot.
Nathan Edwards2 May 2024 23:02
Pochettino: “You have to suffer.”
What an evening for Pochettino, and he will hope that the signs of his Chelsea team are starting to appear even if there will be tough times to as well.
When speaking to the BBC, he said: “The first half was fantastic. Then you have to contain and suffer. Tottenham have quality players. Not too much to say, all credit to the players.
“So happy and so pleased. So happy for our players.
“We are in a good place, we have amazing professionals working on set-pieces. The team really showed in the way we wanted to build this way to play.”
Nathan Edwards2 May 2024 22:30
Micky van de Ven speaking to Sky Sports:
“It will be difficult. I don’t want to look up to the Champions League after this game, it was not a good performance from us and it is important we play a good game on Sunday.
“First half we didn’t try to play. We didn’t push forward when we come out. We tried to play in the second half but there was not that confidence today.
“We have to take a look back a this game and bounce back better at the weekend.”
Nathan Edwards2 May 2024 22:10
Postecoglou: “I thought their goal was a foul.”
Chalobah opened the scoring with a header, but after a long VAR check it ruled that Marc Cucurella didn’t foul Brennan Johnson in the build-up to Postecoglou’s disagreement.
The Australian said: “I still think their goal is a foul but no one cares about that and we didn’t deserve anything more than that.
“It wasn’t about…
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