Tottenham Hotspur Stadium was the privileged location for the clash between two experienced coaches, Thomas Tuchel, against José Mourinho. Chelsea added three points to their personal tally after beating their London rival 1-0.
Chelsea was in possession for much of the first half. They took possession of the ball against a team that suffered from its great star, Harry Kane, who could not be due to injury.
The visitors scored a penalty thanks to Jorginho. The Italian born in Brazil was in charge of opening the account for the Blues, 24 minutes into the first half.
The match was largely dominated by Chelsea, but the 2012 Champions League champion was not as incisive and was never able to increase his lead on the scoreboard. Finally, they were left with a balance of 18 total auctions compared to 7 by Mou’s directed.
In the final minutes of the game, a shot from Lucas Moura and a header from Vinicius gave Tottenham some life, who lacked offensive power throughout the game.
After having achieved victory in the London derby, Chelsea climbed to sixth place with 36 points, in a position in the Europa League, and four in the Champions League. On the contrary, José Mourinho’s team was positioned in eighth place with 33 units, 14 behind the Premier League leader, Josep Guardiola’s Manchester City.
Date 22 of the English Premier League has just ended and left some surprising results: the solid leadership of the Citizens, a historic beating of Manchester United towards Southampton and a loss of Liverpool at home against Brighton (0-1), team that was in the relegation zone.
They opened the date, Sheffield United and West Bromwich. Sheffield despite adding in triplicate after winning 2-1, was twentieth and remains bottom with only 11 points. West Bromwich, after the defeat, is in box 19, with 12 points, also in the relegation zone to Second Division.
Manchester United became strong at Old Trafford and ended up beating Southampton 9-0. A framing result for the Red Devils, who went on to match their biggest win in history by the same goals against Ipswich Town in March 1995.
Two annotations by Martial, a pair of assists with a goal included by Portuguese Bruno Fernandes, plus a goal by Edinson Cavani, were some highlights in the Theater of Dreams. United came second with 44 points, after their classic rival Manchester City, who have 47 and one game to play.
Burnley received Manchester City from Josep Guardiola in a comfortable result for the “Citizens”, who won the victory after a 2-0, the work of Gabriel Jesus at 3 ‘and Sterling at 38’.
With 47 points and a game less than his guard and classic rival, Manchester United, they remain at the top intractable. This is City’s ninth straight victory in the Premier League and they have 20 unbeaten matches in all European competitions.
Liverpool fell 0-1 to Brighton at Anfield, thus losing a golden opportunity to put themselves in the fight for the Premier championship. Jürgen Klopp and his team finished fourth with 40 points, seven behind City.
In other results, Marcelo Bielsa’s Leeds United lost at home against Everton by 1-2, the team from Rosario was in eleventh place in the table, while Everton after the victory, in seventh with 36.
Leicester City returned to the win, this time 2-0 against Fulham and took third place, five points behind the leader. Wolverhampton defeated Arsenal 2-1, finishing fourteenth. The Gunners add another day without being able to win, remaining tenth, with 31 positives.
Meanwhile, Crystal Palace beat Newcastle, while West Ham beat Aston Villa 3-1.
