CHELSEA and Tottenham both missed the chance to go top of the Premier League, playing out a 0-0 bore draw at Stamford Bridge.
- Score: Chelsea 0-0 Tottenham
- Chelsea XI: Mendy, James, Thiago Silva, Zouma, Chilwell, Kante, Kovacic, Mount, Ziyech, Abraham, Werner
- Tottenham XI: Lloris, Aurier, Rodon, Dier, Reguilon, Hojbjerg, Sissoko, Ndombele, Bergwijn, Son, Kane
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That’s all for tonight, as Chelsea and Spurs played out a 0-0 stalemate at Stamford Bridge.
Olivier Giroud could have won it late for the Blues after a Joe Rodon error, but couldn’t finish past Hugo Lloris.
Next up for Frank Lampard’s side is a tricky fixture away at Sevilla on Tuesday, before Leeds visit Stamford Bridge on Saturday.
Meanwhile Spurs travel to Austria to play LASK on Thursday, before another mouthwatering Premier League clash against Arsenal.
That’s all for now though.
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AS IT STANDS
Here’s a look at the live Premier League table.
Spurs are top of the league on goal difference, while Chelsea leapfrog Leicester into third, although the Blues have played a game less.
MATCH REPORT
It certainly wasn’t a classic, but neither managers will be too disappointed with a clean sheet against their bitter rivals.
It also means both sides have still lost just the one game in the league this season.
CLICK HERE TO READ OUR MATCH REPORT FROM TODAY’S GAME.
JOSE’S ANALYSIS
Here’s what Jose Mourinho has to say at full time:
“The one thing that I take from the game is that a draw in here, normally is a positive result.
“To stay top of the league with that result is also a positive thing, and my dressing room is not happy.
“That’s the best thing that I take from the game, we are not happy, and that for me is fantastic.
“It’s a complete change of mentality, a complete change of personality.
“You can tell us we didn’t have many chances and I agree, but how many did they have?
“And that’s the thing that makes me really really happy, we are not happy with a draw at Stamford Bridge.”
FRANK’S THOUGHTS
Here are the full time thoughts of Chelsea boss Frank Lampard:
“It kind of went as I sort of expected.
“I expected us to have a lot of the game, a lot of possession [and] we did.
“I thought it would be hard to create chances, I think we created enough to win the game.
“So we had good control, the clean sheet factor against a team which we’ve seen recently are set up to counter attack and have amazing players to counter attack, I thought that part of our game was our excellent.
“To deal with their threat of Harry Kane and Son particularly, we didn’t really give them a sniff, [and] didn’t quite take our chances.”
DECENT DEBUT
Joe Rodon will be happy with a clean sheet on his full Premier League debut, and this is what he has to say at full time:
“It’s a tough place to come, and to come here and make my debut also it was a dream come true.
“Hopefully I can just carry on and learn from this, and hopefully it will be a successful season.
“They’re a very good opposition and I knew I was going to be in for a tough night, obviously I got away with two mistakes but like I say I’ll learn from it and come back stronger.”
ACTION AREAS
Here’s a look at the full time action areas. Chelsea dominated possession, as well as having 13 shots, although just 3 were on target.
Spurs in comparison had 5 shots in the entire game, with just one effort on target over the 90 minutes.
FULL TIME WHISTLE
Jose Mourinho and Frank Lampard’s sides played out a goalless draw at Stamford Bridge this afternoon.
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FULL TIME: CHELSEA 0-0 SPURS
Paul Tierney blows his whistle for full time at Stamford Bridge.
It certainly wasn’t a classic, but Jose Mourinho will probably be the happier of the two managers after grabbing an away clean sheet.
That point also means Spurs go to the top of the Premier League table.
CHELSEA 0-0 SPURS
94. Now Spurs have a chance!
Lo Celso picks the ball up on the edge of the box and elects to shoot when there we possibly better options around him.
The midfielders effort is poor, and wide of the target.
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92. CHANCE!
That could be the chance, Rodon fails to deal with a bouncing ball, meaning Giroud can get an effort away.
The striker can’t quite get enough air on the ball to lob Lloris, and the goalkeeper grabs onto it gratefully.
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91. Spurs substitution.
Son is off now for Spurs, and Lucas Moura will come on for the last couple of minutes.
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90. Four minutes of added time have been signalled.
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89. Spurs substitution.
Bergwijn is off for Davies, and Spurs are seemingly happy to take the point.
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88. Reguilon yellow card.
The fullback brings down Kovacic as the Blues look to counter forward.
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87. James crosses in long towards the back post again.
Pulisic gets on the end of it, trying to head the ball back across goal into the path of Giroud, but can only find Lloris.
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86. Giroud jumps to try and meet a Chilwell cross, but gives away a foul for a push in the process.
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85. Five minutes left at the Bridge for either side to try and nick a winning goal.
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83. Chelsea substitution.
Kai Havertz is on to replace Hakim Ziyech.
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82. Lloris also does well to claim the ball from the resulting corner.
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82. GOOD SAVE!
Mason Mount unleashes a fierce strike from the edge of the box, that is only kept out by a flying Hugo Lloris.
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80. Kovacic floats a diagonal ball into the box towards Pulisic, who isn’t the most imposing of targets.
Lloris is out to claim the ball comfortably.
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79. Chelsea substitution.
Tammy Abraham is coming off, with Olivier Giroud coming on to replace him.
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78. The last shot on target in the match is still Serge Aurier’s 15th minute strike.
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76. Chelsea yellow card.
Mason Mount kicks out and goes into the book.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
