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Mickey van de Ven He admits that the Champions League places seem a long way off for Tottenham:
Today the performance was not good for us. I think we can do much better, play much better football. In the first half we didn't even come out and when we did we didn't go forward. In the second half we wanted to play, and I think we tried to play, but there was not that confidence. I don't want to say that our confidence has been lost. It's important that we recover well and come back at the weekend.
On selected pieces:
We know what to do, but every ball goes into the goal at the moment. Of course, that couldn't happen, two goals again coming from set pieces. But it's not like every time they take a free shot, I think it's going to be a goal.
David Hytner reported on the match from Stamford Bridge:
Ange Postecoglou says he does not care about questions raised about Tottenham's inability to defend securely from set-pieces. The manager believes he will get it right. But he could not avoid another wave of them as his side suffered a third successive defeat, their season in increasing danger of fading away.
It was Chelsea's night, a victory that fired up their hopes of finishing in the Europa League in what has been a relentlessly testing season. It was an excellent first-half performance, and Spurs were so poor that Postecoglou was frustrated on a number of occasions. It was hard to remember seeing him so unhappy.
More here:
Pochettino: “It's the first time this season that I feel very happy.”
Mauricio Pochettino now appears:
We have some positive things. Not much, but we believe in our players and trust them. We really thought it was an opportunity to show that we believe in what we do, our ideas, and our philosophy. Facing a team like Tottenham is never easy, it's a derby, but today was great. Full thanks to the players, the way they approached the game, the way we tried to play, I think it was fantastic. I think this is the first time in the season that I feel really happy. It's the moment, after 10 months, that the team starts to realize how much we need to compete. I don't know if this is the best performance but the most important thing is the feeling. Under all circumstances, it showed that we are doing things well. I think the whole team was connected at both stages.
Trevoh Chalobah had a chat with Sky:
I was working on headers, and we worked a lot on set pieces. It was a perfect ball for me to attack. I worked a lot in training, just on my own, and that's what hard work does.
For me, I've been through a lot in my career. It's just important that we stay focused. I know my abilities. And just to keep working. I trained well and the coach recruited me, and every time I put on the jersey I want to do my best and do my best.
The quality of players we have, the ability we have, the moment we get that consistency, we will fly. We just need to stay grounded, stay humble.
The league table now looks like this. Tottenham need to beat either Liverpool or Manchester City, plus the other two games, to have the slightest chance of qualifying for the Champions League (Villa play Brighton (A), Liverpool (H) and Crystal Palace (A), and you're thinking they might get On three of these points). Chelsea is three points away from sixth place with a better goal difference, and has much better matches than Manchester United, who still have to face Arsenal and Newcastle.
Final score: Chelsea 2-0 Tottenham
90+7 minutes: It's all over, and Tottenham have failed at Stamford Bridge once again.
90+5 minutes: Gill's cross from the left bounced across the edge of Chelsea's six-yard box, without any Tottenham player approaching it.
90+4 minutes: Jimmy Turiainen replaces Jackson. To answer your question, yes, that's a lot of vowels.
90+2 minutes: Tottenham wins the ball just inside their own half and breaks; Son passes the ball to Bentancur, who steps wide with his feet.
90+1 minutes: The ball eventually fell to Hojbjerg, behind the far post. It exists in all kinds of spaces, but he touches it and suddenly he has nothing left at all.
90+1 minutes: There would be six minutes of stoppage time, and they would start with a corner for Spurs after Maddison's shot was deflected wide.
89 minutes: Bentancur's 25-yarder is clumsy and dribbles apologetically into Petrovic's arms.
87 minutes: Palmer's free-kick appears to be heading towards goal, but Vicario makes sure of it. corner.
86 minutes: Chelsea have another free kick, this time to the right of the penalty area. Lo Celso replaces Emerson Royal.
84 minutes: Gilchrist comes down and Chelsea's physiotherapists come to have a look at him. It seemed that his night was over. It was very positive – I can't say he didn't make a mistake, but he didn't look where he was. Josh Acheampong makes his Premier League debut.
83 minutes: Tottenham continue to have possession of the ball, but do nothing with it.
80 minutes: Spurs see a lot of the ball in the last few minutes, but they still have no idea what to do with it. “I was full of downright indignation today about England getting four Champions League places to Germany's five and Italy's five, but honestly, when I watch Tottenham tonight, there's no way they deserve to be in Europe's elite,” an angry Felix Wood said. “Ignorant at the back, clueless going forward. Chelsea's full-backs basically have to stand still and ask Johnson to kick the ball at them or pass a cross under their heads miserably.
78 minutes: Brian Gill comes on for Johnson, who wasn't very good.
77 minutes: Romero is inside the Chelsea penalty area, rolling over and holding his face. Turns out Cassady jumped him.
74 minutes: Chelsea replaces Modric with Cesar Cassady.
74 minutes: What a beauty queen! Tottenham sends an excellent low central pass from the right flank. The ball reaches Johnson outside the far post, and he deflects it wide!
Goal! Chelsea 2-0 Tottenham (Jackson, 72 minutes)
Chelsea doubles its lead! It's a great free-kick but not good enough from Palmer, which hits the crossbar with the keeper helpless, then bounces back down to Jackson, who sends a header over two defenders and into the far corner!
71 minutes: Chelsea win a free-kick five or so yards outside the D, and Cole Palmer is looking forward to it.
68 minutes: Son passes to Johnson, who passes a low ball too far for Emerson Royle to be turned into the net. It turned out that Son was offside at the start of the move, so it didn't matter.
67 minutes: Chelsea raced out of the corner, and Jackson was in the middle circle when Van de Ven ran up behind him and tackled him. This is the first yellow card of the night.
66 minutes: Johnson kicks the ball to Gilchrist this time, and it goes beyond a corner kick for Spurs.
64 minutes: Johnson is now on the left so he has a new full-back to kick the ball to. Son in the middle, Kulusevski on the right.
63 minutes: It was probably Tottenham's best two minutes of the game, but they couldn't find a way to break down Chelsea's backline and it ended with a long-range shot that went just wide. Thus, a triple change: Richarlison, Bissouma and Sarr out; Come on Bentancur, Madison and Hojbjerg.
60 minutes: Madueke runs into the penalty area, but tries to pass to Palmer when he was supposed to shoot the ball into the roof of the net.
58 minutes: The ball was played directly to Johnson. Richarlison is nothing special in the middle. Johnson kicks the ball at Cucurella. Pedro Porro literally has his head in his hands.
56 minutes: Johnson is putting on a naive and frustrating display on Spurs' right. He can run and kick, and if anyone stands in his way he will bump into them, or kick the ball at them.
52 minutes: From a quick throw-in, Madueke finds space and passes it to Palmer, just inside the box and having space to measure his shot. But his shot is bad.
50 minutes: Son has run with the ball twice already this half. He was almost completely absent for the first half. The second round ends with a heel clip by Gilchrist and a free kick.
48 minutes: Tottenham win a corner. Cucurella comes down holding his face (he was pushed a little by Van de Ven, but nothing happened to his face). Free kick for Chelsea.
47 minutes: Spurs on the front foot. Petrovic made a full leap to clear a cross from the right flank. “Is there any way for Tottenham to start every game 1-0 down?” asks Phil Moseley. “Basically (a) it's inevitable anyway, and (b) they don't wake up until they wake up. I think Ange will be fine with this, just as he is good at conceding from set-pieces.
46 minutes: Beep! Tottenham starts the second half.
The players are back outside. It doesn't appear that any of the managers made any changes in a timely manner.
Listen half the time: Yes, it's Angry Angerson. Suddenly you see him as he is.
Skye talks about 'angry rage' Saying he was absolutely glowing at points in the first half. The problem is that even when he's angry he seems so cheerful:
End of the first half: Chelsea 1-0 Tottenham
The angle is sent in, He turns back, and the whistle sounds. Chelsea deserve to be ahead and are ahead, but Romero should have equalized for Tottenham.
45+4 minutes: Ten seconds of stoppage time to play, and Chelsea win a corner. This would be the last action in the half, you thought.
45+3 minutes: Petrovic has some decent work to do, as he latches on to Johnson's low cross after it is deflected off Cucurella.
45+2 minutes: Nice move from Tottenham, but it ended with Johnson returning the ball to Sarr, who shot a shot that was deflected wide of Chalupa.
45+1 minutes: Into stoppage time, which will be four minutes.
43 minutes: Johnson wins a corner. This was a better, if not quite as good, few minutes for Spurs. Matthew Stevens wrote: “As an Arsenal fan, I should be enjoying this appalling performance by Tottenham, but I want them to find some form, because they won't take any points off City when they play like this.” “Quiz!”
41 minutes: Modric cuts the ball in again, and fires high again. He had a good run, but he had a few bad shots.
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