Key events
20 minutes It would be almost another case Chelsea. The ball works elegantly through midfield, with Fernandez playing in overlapping Sancho. A left-footed cross towards Alciati is overhit.
Sanctis received the ball from the left touchline and riding infield purposely; about 20 yards from the goal. translated Further and then Dragusin brilliantly dropped it across Forster before clipping it. He drove it inside the far post and dropped it into the net.
It’s a beautiful goal and a timely reminder of the talent that, even if not achieved, is unique in the English game.
THE END! Tottenham 2-1 Chelsea (Sancho 18)
Oh-hoo we’re having a game here. Jadon Sancho just rolled back the years to score a fantastic goal!
17 minutes We have seen you players slip and concede goals before; very clearly on the contrary Chelseabut I do not remember it happening twice to the same player in the same game. And certainly not in the first 11 minutes.
16 minutes “We Chelsea fans, they are for an unknown reason,” says Krishnamoorthy V. “Do you just mention the title of the genre/title drop in your introduction? Please don’t jinx it. From the wasteland to the Cole Palmer XI, few saw the transformation coming to this unrecognizable and winning machine. Being in the top four (with City out of the top 4) is bold stuff indeed. Christmas “.
I don’t think you can confirm that, but there are some parallels with Antonio Conte’s first season. Even up to 0-2 scoreline to the Spurs!
14 min: Spurs substitution Cristian Romero’s return lasted less than 15 minutes. He pulled something – I think when he made an unnecessary tap behind the standing leg – and was replaced by Radu Dragusin. The poor guy had his shirt over his face and it ruined his appearance.
13 minutes Udogie just shoots wide from the left edge of the six-yard box, although I’m not sure if I’m outside the building-up. Pretty sure, but not sure how hard it is to deal with all of this.
12 minutes After the goal, Cucurella runs straight to the toilet to change his shoes, lowering his shoulders as if it were someone else’s fault.
Imagine [redacted]-eating a grin on Gary Neville’s face now.
The cup went down againoutside the area to the left. The Spurs worked the ball loose to Kulusevski, who ran across the line and then fired a shot towards the near post. Not a very good shot but it went through the defender’s legs and could not have been more accurate.
THE END! Tottenham 2-0 Chelsea (Kulusevksi 11)
Whether it’s Jekyll or Hyde, he’s up!
7 minutes Romero is indulgent and produces a very dangerous flick inside his area. He goes with him to get possession, but it looks like he gave himself up.
Chelsea were building a short midfield when Colwill made a square pass to Cucurella. He slipped allowing Johnson to nick possession and run right. Johnson went on and then passed to the near post, where Solanke brilliantly ran past Colwill and put the ball into the net. The net was empty as Sanchez prepared to shoot a cross, thinking Solanke couldn’t reach it.
Solanke was so keen both on the move and on top of things.
THE END! Tottenham 1-0 Chelsea (Solanke 5)
Dominic Solanke scores against his old club after the slip of Marc Cucurella.
4 minutes Chelsea will win the left corner. Palmer has to wait while the Spurs fans throw a few things at him. Eventually he takes it short, gets it back in and whips in an old cross that is broken behind the leaping Colwill at the far post. his head flies across the field and is picked up by Neto. The end
3 minutes “Isn’t it spurry and Ide?” said Joe Pearson. “Why did Jekyll fly away? Just as he asked.”
Are you suggesting I haven’t read Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1886 Gothic horror novella and am casting literary references around willy-nilly without knowing what I’m talking about. Because you want to be right.
1 minute A bad ball from Badiashile – a Benedict balls-up if you’re a Goldie Lookin’ Chain fan – goes straight to Kulusevski 30 yards out. He is slightly hesitant with the signs, eventually playing a jump outside to Johnson. His cross is deflected behind the corner, so nothing happens.
1 minute Kick the boots from right to left as we watch.
“Caicedo will invert possession, playing next to Lavia.” says our man Jacob Steinberg. “Fernandez pushes and becomes 3-2-5.”
How do we describe formations, right? I know this sounds ambitious, but you really need to review two forms, one with a group and one without.
Commemoration teams
Spurs (4-3-3) Forster; Pedro Porro, Romero, Van de Ven, Udogie; Kulusevski, Bissouma, Sarr; Johnson, Solanke, Son.
Substitutes: Austin, Reguilon, Dragusin, Spence, Maddison, Gray, Bergvall, Werner, Lankshear.
Chelsea (4-2-3-1) Sánchez; Caicedo, Badiashile, Colwille, Cucurella; Fernandez, Lavia; Neto, Palmer, Sancho; Alciati
Substitutes: Jorgensen, Disasi, Adarabioyo, Gusto, Dewsbury-Hall, Veiga, Madueke, Felix, Nkunku.
A DISCOVERY Anthony Taylor
Enzo Maresca thoughts
Tottenham are a very good team with good players, a good squad and a good manager. Romero and Van de Ven have today, and they will certainly do well.
[On the chance to go within four points of Liverpool] It’s an opportunity because we can improve and tell us about these types of games [how they can improve]. There is no way for me to do that. Our focus is not about Liverpool and the city, it’s about us and how we can improve.
Ange Postecoglou’s pre-match thoughts
It’s a welcome boost for us [to have Romero and Van de Ven back]. We thought Micky was going to come back next Thursday, but he actually trained well; both are really enthusiastic.
We have been in this situation before when we have a good result against the top side [after some poor results]. Regardless, it’s a great game: it’s a derby, you’re in a good place and it’s a great experience for us. Here at home, when we play football, you’re hard to stop.
Having that energy with fans at home can really help give you an edge. Sometimes we have to do our part too – we have to wake them up. I hope we start the game well and put Chelsea on the back foot.
In development completely precedingI was a bit dark when I looked at the Chelsea team. Moises Caicedo, not Romeo Lavia, will start on the right side – partly to take care of Son Heung-min, partly because he played there against Aston Villa last weekend and I’m sure you can’t prove it otherwise.
Chelsea (4-2-3-1) Sánchez; Caicedo, Badiashile, Colwille, Cucurella; Fernandez, Lavia; Neto, Palmer, Sancho; Alciati
Substitutes: Jorgensen, Disasi, Adarabioyo, Gusto, Dewsbury-Hall, Veiga, Madueke, Felix, Nkunku.
A win would move him today Chelsea in four places in Liverpoolalthough it was played more often. Who knows: Chelsea v Liverpool on May 3 could be a decidedly different title.
There are too many concerns on that score
It’s been a good day for Spurs and ChelseaAt Craven Cottage he fell wounded under the name of Naval Accident. These results from the games at 2pm.
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Fulham 1-1 Arsenal
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Gippewick 1-2 Bournemouth
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Leicester 2-2 Brighton
Team news
Ange Postecoglou can take the best spurs of the back four, when Pedro Porro, Christian Romero and Micky van de Ven all come back Archie Gray, Radu Dragusin and Ben Davies drop out. Income Heung-min’s son It’s bad news for James Maddison, whose wretched season continues with his return to the bench. Dejan Kulusevski will move into midfield.
Enzo Maresca did it seven changesand it looks like Romeo Lavia It will be a back-and-forth game. The four players who started in Southampton’s 5-1 win are indescribable: Marc Cucurella, Moises Caicedo, the in-form Enzo Fernandez and Cole Palmer.
Spurs (4-3-3) Forster; Pedro Porro, Romero, Van de Ven, Udogie; Kulusevski, Bissouma, Sarr; Johnson, Solanke, Son.
Substitutes: Austin, Reguilon, Dragusin, Spence, Maddison, Gray, Bergvall, Werner, Lankshear.
Chelsea (possible 4-2-3-1) Sánchez; Lavia, Badiashile, Colwill, Cucurella; Fernandez, Caicedo; Neto, Palmer, Sancho; Alciati
Substitutes: Jorgensen, Disasi, Adarabioyo, Gusto, Dewsbury-Hall, Veiga, Madueke, Felix, Nkunku.
A DISCOVERY Anthony Taylor
The beginning
Yes, they are Chelsea What is the genre in this title? We’ll have a better idea after today’s game, the tricky/surprisingly easy route to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
The reason for the two options is the recent form of their opponents. The good news for Tottenham fans is that their team is not Spursy. The bad news is that they have become Jekyll and Spursy, Manchester’s best can be humiliated with football cheering on a good day or losing to well, almost anyone on a bad day.
Ange Postecoglou’s order with the label’s empathetic void at Bournemouth has grown under scrutiny ahead of today’s game, and his love affair with spurs is starting to feel a bit like Blue Valentine. Let’s not hope: like Postecoglou’s neutral team – and the frequent pleas of maturity in an exhausted infantile culture – I am only adding. Supreme League.
So does Enzo Maresca of Chelsea. It helps to have Cole Palmer, sure, but he’s done pretty well so far. Chelsea’s only defeats have been to Manchester City (pre-slump) and Liverpool and they are now nine points better than they were at the same level last season. Equally important, given the nature of Chelsea FC in the 21st century, there has been almost no noise.
What Big Angel would give for peace and quiet. The best way to achieve what is now and forever is a football match.
kick off 4.30 am