Tottenham Vs Chelsea: Silva, Kante, Rudiger Score As Blues Win 3-0 In London Derby

Tottenham Vs Chelsea: Silva, Kante, Rudiger Score As Blues Win 3-0 In London Derby

  • Tottenham vs Chelsea ended 3-0 in favour of the Blues in the highly anticipated London derby played at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
  • Spurs could not match Chelsea's dominance in the game as they failed to hit the back of the net in the entire 90 minutes
  • The Blues are now joint-top on the Premier League table with Liverpool who have a better goal difference and above Man United better goals scored

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Chelsea continued their unbeaten run in the Premier League following their convincing 2-0 win over Tottenham.

Thiago Sila, N'Golo Kante and Antonio Rudiger score all three goals in the second half to keep the Blues joint-top of the English top-flight division.

Summary of the game

The match produced fewer chances in the first half but Thomas Tuchel's side came out smoking in the second period.

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Tottenham vs Chelsea: Silva, Kante score as Blues win 3-0 in London derby
Thiago Silva, N'Golo Kante and Antonio Rudiger score as Blues win 3-0 in London derby. Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS
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Marcos Alonso brought out the best from Hugo Lloris with a volley at the start of the second half and the resulting corner-kick ended in the back of the net.

The Italian left-back's cross was headed home by Silva who registered his first goal in Chelsea colours to make it 1-0.

Kante who last featured for the Blues in their 1-1 draw at Anfield was brought on for Mason Mount to score the second goal in the 57th minute.

The France international shot took a heavy deflection off Eric Dier as Lloris was left stranded in goal to make it 2-0.

Tottenham had to do more defending as Chelsea created the better chances as Timo Werner missed two chances after coming on as a substitute.

Rudiger sealed the win in the 92nd minute from a cut-back pass from Werner's short corner-kick to make it 3-0.

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