Chelsea shatters Tottenham Hotspur’s top four bid in the Premier League
Chelsea delivered a hammer blow to Tottenham’s hopes of qualifying for the Champions League with a 2-0 win against its spluttering London rival on Thursday.
Trevoh Chalobah’s rst goal since March 2022 put Chelsea ahead in the rst half at Stamford Bridge.
The much-maligned Nicolas Jackson wrapped up the points in the closing stages with his 14th goal of a dicult rst season with the Blues.
After losses to Arsenal and Newcastle, fth-placed Tottenham’s third successive defeat leaves it seven points behind fourth
Jackson scores Chelsea’s second against Tottenham. placed Aston Villa.
Tottenham has four games left, while Villa has three to go, making the north Londoners rank outsiders to nish in the Premier League’s top four.
It was another painful setback for Tottenham, which has squandered the good will built by Postecoglou for much of the Australian’s rst season in charge.
While Postecoglou licks his wounds, Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino enjoyed a second win over his former club this season following the 4-1 success in November.
Pochettino had irritated Chelsea fans by admitting he couldn’t “hide his emotions” for the club he managed for ve years and led to the 2019 Champions League nal.
But he put those feelings aside to provide the result they wanted, keeping alive eighth-placed Chelsea’s hopes of qualifying for Europe and making it just one defeat in 34 home league games against Tottenham.
Postecoglou made ve changes, with Richarlison brought in and James Maddison dropped.
The result: Chelsea 2 (Chalobah 24, Jackson 72) bt Tottenham 0.