Chelsea vs Tottenham Hotspur LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
Follow all the action from Stamford Bridge
Follow live coverage as Chelsea face Tottenham Hotspur today in the Premier League. Another top-flight season will be covered in full right here with The Independent, as reigning champions Manchester City look to make it an unprecedented five titles in a row come the end of 2024/25.
The likes of Arsenal and Liverpool will be chasing Pep Guardiola's side, but just as fascinating will be the race for Champions League places, with more teams than ever before having designs on top-four finishes. Chelsea remain big-spending, Manchester United's latest rebuild continues and both Tottenham and Newcastle will expect improvements this year - yet it was Aston Villa who snared fourth last term.
Meanwhile, it's Southampton, Leicester City and Ipswich Town who made it back to the elite after promotion last year and each will have hope they can make it more than a one-year stay. Follow the latest live action from the Premier League below:
Chelsea vs Tottenham Hotspur
The final whistle finally sounds after over 13 minutes of added time to close out the second half, and at the end of it all, it's Chelsea who move back into the Premier League's top four with a 1-0 win over London rivals Tottenham. The hosts kept up their dominance from the first half and were ahead just five minutes into the second, the skipper Fernandez heading home following an inch-perfect cross from Palmer. Barely six minutes later, Chelsea thought they had a second after Caicedo volleyed home in blistering fashion from a cleared free-kick, but interference from an offside Colwill in the build-up saw the goal chalked off. That opened the door for Tottenham to come forward and equalise as Sarr caught out Sanchez to score from range, but they too were denied by VAR after a foul from the substitute on Caicedo. Chelsea mustered 1.09 xG to the visitors' 0.79 xG as Palmer had two chances to widen the gap on the scoreline, while Van de Ven and Son were also denied potential equalisers late on as Spurs suffer a whopping 16th Premier League defeat of the season. That leaves them languishing 14th in the table, while Chelsea return to winning ways to move back into the top four and keep up their push for Champions League football!
Chelsea vs Tottenham Hotspur
We're into the final minute of this lengthy added-time period, and with Spurs looking out of ideas for much of this second half, it's Chelsea's game to lose from here.
Chelsea vs Tottenham Hotspur
Chelsea have won each of their last four Premier League games at Stamford Bridge, the last two of which while also keeping a clean sheet. Only once in the last five seasons have they won three successive Premier League games at home without conceding, doing so from April to May 2024 in a run that included a 2-0 win over Tottenham, and they're on course to do so once again here.
Chelsea vs Tottenham Hotspur
CHANCE!! Bentancur flashes the ball wide for Tel and the Spurs substitute fires a cross into the middle, but it's a tame ball across the face which is easy enough for Sanchez to cut out!
Chelsea vs Tottenham Hotspur
Solanke looks to flick a Porro pass on for Sarr, but misjudges his touch completely and the ball rolls through for Sanchez to collect with ease.
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