HARRY KANE and Romelu Lukaku are facing off on a day when Tottenham and Chelsea remember one of their greatest ever strikers.
Jimmy Greaves, a legend at both clubs, passed away earlier today and was commemorated before the kick-off.
Chelsea are looking to continue their unbeaten start today while Spurs are looking to earn a surprise win to leapfrog the Blues.
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- Tottenham XI: Lloris, Emerson, Dier, Romero, Reguilon, Hojbjerg, Lo Celso, Ndombele, Dele, Son, Kane.
- Chelsea XI: Kepa, Azpilicueta, Christensen, Silva, Rudiger, Alonso, Jorginho, Kovacic, Mount, Havertz, Lukaku.
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34. Son and Kepa both stayed down after their collision, and that allows captain and manager time for a tactical consultation.
Azpilicueta and Tuchel are locked in conversation on the touchline with arms being pointed in all directions.
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33. Lo Celso picks out the run of Son with a fine pass, and the South Korean is through.
Like Havertz before him, Son’s first touch isn’t the best but he still leaves the stadium expecting a shot and net ripple to follow. However, that’s reckoning without Kepa, who does extremely well to get off his line quickly and save.
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31. Havertz cleverly drifts into space inside the box and is the perfect target for Alonso’s crosss.
The German is picked out by the left wing-back, but takes a poor first touch that gives Spurs’ recovering defenders just enough time to block.
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30. Ndombele is easily forced off the ball and, as a result, Havertz is able to make his way to the byline unchallenged.
The German steps up a cross towards Lukaku at the near post, but the Belgian finds himself crowded out by a sea of white shirts.
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27. Kane fouls Jorginho. Jorginho fouls Kane.
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25. Christensen gets forward and, after a one-two with Lukaku, whips a long ranger just wide of the right post.
We’ve seen him put those in before, most recently for Denmark at the European Championships.
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23. Midway through the first half, and it’s something of a surprise that it remains goalless.
Spurs’ approach has clearly caught Chelsea off guard, and they’ve needed all the experience and ability of their back three to see off the home side’s press.
Meanwhile, the Blues have looked troublesome when they’ve attacked, and always carry a threat while Lukaku leads the line.
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22. Referee Paul Tierney opted against going back to caution Jorginho for his foul in the build-up to that break. The Chelsea midfielder has got away with a couple of fouls already.
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21. Kepa fumbles a cross.
Still, at least he made it to the 21-minute mark before drawing attention to himself.
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20. Now a chance for Tottenham to break!
Paul Tierney plays a fine advantage after Jorginho chops down Alli, and that’s because Reguillon is flying down the left in possession.
The Spaniard has Lo Celso and Kane arriving in the box, but fails to get his cross beyond Rudiger. Had he succeeded, surely Spurs would have been celebrating the game’s opening goal.
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17. Kane tries to wriggle in beyond Rudiger, but the Chelsea defender’s renaissance as one of the best in the league continues. He does superbly to muscle the striker off the ball and see the danger behind.
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15. Big chance for Chelsea!
The visitors catch Spurs out in midfield and have the chance to break three-on-three.
Mount carries the ball forward, and goes looking for Lukaku to his right.
For once, the midfielder’s pass isn’t perfect, and leaves the striker without a shooting option. Instead, Lukaku edges it back to Mount, who fails to trouble Lloris.
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14. Chelsea have begun to get a grip on proceedings, but are still requiring their back three to stay alert to the danger that is being thrown their way at lightning speed.
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11. A reprieve for Chelsea as they enjoy a spell in Spurs’ half ends with a half-chance going begging.
A crossfield pass from the left is met By Azpilicueta’s head just inside the area. The Chelsea captain knocks his connection back across the box for Havertz, who completely fluffs his intended volley with an air shot.
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8. It’s Son’s turn to threaten from the right.
He sizes up Rudiger and intends to push the ball beyond him to chase, only to put too much on his touch and instead knock it out for a goalkick.
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7. Gary Neville notes on co-commentary that Spurs’ front three of Son, Lo Celso and Kane are playing very narrow, in order to match up and pressurise Chelsea’s three central defenders.
It’s a ploy that’s working very well so far.
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5. The corner from the left was poor, and easily dealt with by the defender at the near post, but Spurs continue to pressure their opponents by keeping them high up the pitch.
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4. Kane stands over the set-piece…
…and then clips his shot into the wall, and watches it loop behind for a corner.
The free-kick may well have been too close for the striker to get a shot up, over the wall and down.
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3. After that early alarm, Tottenham set about pressurising Chelsea.
Amid a series of ricochets in the box, Christensen manages to get a vital toe in to deny Kane a shot.
The danger isn’t over yet, and, seconds later, a clumsy challenge from Jorginho on Romero brings the home side a free-kick just outside the penalty area.
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1. After the two sides take the knee, it’s Chelsea, wearing blue, that kick-off and immediately launch an attack.
A touch from Lukaku moves the ball on for Havertz, who travels into the box and goes down under the challenge of Romero.
Paul Tierney is spared having to make a call on the penalty by an offside flag up against Chelsea’s lone striker for his role in the move.
PEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!
HERE WE GO!
JIMMY GREAVES REMEMBERED
The players gather in the centre-circle and the supporters – so often rivals – unite together to celebrate the life of a man who was a legend at both of these London clubs.
HERE COME THE TEAMS!
With friends and former teammates of Jimmy Greaves congregated on the touchline, the players of Spurs and Chelsea make their way out on to the pitch at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
It’s a poignant, somewhat sombre atmosphere considering the news, but Jimmy would no doubt hope for an exciting match that pays a fitting tribute to a brilliant man and an incredible goalscorer.
CHELSEA SUBSTITUTES
13 Bettinelli, 7 Kante, 11 Werner, 17 Saul, 20 Hudson-Odoi, 21 Chilwell, 22 Ziyech, 24 James
CHELSEA XI
Chelsea make three changes to the side that fared in the Champions League against Zenit. The most surprising comes in goal where Kepa Arrizabalaga gets the nod; with Edouard Mendy not even on the bench, the first choice keeper is a suspected injury absentee. Thiago Silva and Kai Havertz also come in with Reece James and Hakim Ziyech dropping to the bench. Captain Cesar Azpilicueta will play on the right with Romelu Lukaku leading the line of Thomas Tuchel’s 3-4-2-1 formation.
1 Kepa; 4 Christensen, 6 Thiago Silva, 2 Rudiger; 28 Azpilicueta, 5 Jorginho, 8 Kovacic, 3 Alonso; 19 Mount, 29 Havertz; 9 Lukaku
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
