Tottenham must wait until the final day of the season to see whether they can clinch safety in the Premier League after they were beaten once again at Stamford Bridge. Spurs headed to their London neighbours knowing that a win would have secured their place in the top flight and that a draw would have put it beyond any reasonable doubt, but goals from Enzo Fernandez and Andrey Santos either side of half-time were enough to rain out their parade.
Richarlison pulled one back for the visitors late on before James Maddison saw a gilt-edge chance denied by a heroic last-ditch tackle from Jorrel Hato, and Spurs headed back north empty-handed on the night their greatest rivals Arsenal clinched the Premier League title for the first time in 22 years, compounding this most forgettable of seasons.
Next week’s meeting with Everton will prove an all-or-nothing survival shootout with West Ham, who will face Leeds simultaneously. Catch up with the action as it happened below with Standard Sport’s dedicated match blog, complete with expert insight and analysis from Dom Smith and Sam Tabuteau at Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea vs Tottenham latest news
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FULL-TIME! Chelsea 2-1 Tottenham
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Chelsea take the spoils, and Tottenham’s relegation fight goes down to the final day.
Chelsea 2-1 Tottenham
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90+5mins: Danso heaves a long throw into the box, which Chalobah clears but only as far as Bentancur. His ball back into the area is headed wide.
Chelsea 2-1 Tottenham
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90+4mins: Maddison bends his free-kick over the bar and into the away end.
Chelsea 2-1 Tottenham
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90+3mins: Maddison standing over the free-kick...
Chelsea 2-1 Tottenham
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90+3mins: Caicedo fouls Gallagher just on the border of the 18-yard box and Tottenham have a superb opportunity to level this tie.
Chelsea 2-1 Tottenham
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90+2mins: Essugo is booked for pulling down Van de Ven.
Chelsea 2-1 Tottenham
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90+1mins: Chelsea break through Fernandez, who is content to play Mheuka into the corner to run down some of the added time.
Chelsea 2-1 Tottenham
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90mins: There will be SEVEN added minutes here!
Chelsea 2-1 Tottenham
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89mins: Chelsea changes, three. Garnacho, Essugo, and Mheuka replace Palmer, Delap, and Neto.
Chelsea 2-1 Tottenham
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87mins: Delap could be through on goal, but catches Spence with a high arm and gets himself booked.
Chelsea 2-1 Tottenham
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86mins: There will be no penalty, but Maddison is continuing to plead the Tottenham case. After all that, the visitors have another corner. Getting really feisty now.
Dom Smith at Stamford Bridge
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Not sure why Spurs feel they should have a penalty. You can't have a penalty unless the ball's in play. Everyone knows that.
Chelsea 2-1 Tottenham
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85mins: VAR are checking for a penalty after an 18-yard box melee before a corner saw Van de Ven dumped to the ground by Cucurella.
Chelsea 2-1 Tottenham
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84mins: Hato throws himself into a superb last-ditch tackle to block Maddison’s shot.
Chelsea 2-1 Tottenham
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82mins: Palmer takes the free-kick... and drives it into the wall.
Chelsea 2-1 Tottenham
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81mins: Mamadou Sarr (remember him?) replaces Fofana as Palmer and Neto size up the free-kick.
Chelsea 2-1 Tottenham
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80mins: Delap latches onto Caicedo’s clearance in the final third and does well to find Fernandez in the middle. He then does well to draw a foul and win a free-kick just on the corner of the box.
Chelsea 2-1 Tottenham
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79mins: Hato is booked, either for timewasting or dissent. Not entirely clear which.
Chelsea 2-1 Tottenham
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77mins: An odd incident as Richarlison hits Caicedo late, but then the Brazilian himself throws himself to the ground in agony, trying to claim a foul. Not quite sure what he was going for there.
Sam Tabuteau at Stamford Bridge
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A lifeline for Spurs as Richarlison scores from Sarr's flick. De Zerbi's subs have made an immediate impact, with Spence also heavily involved.
Chelsea 2-1 Tottenham
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75mins: Chalobah replaces Acheampong for Chelsea.
GOAL! Chelsea 2-1 Tottenham | Richarlison '74
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Tottenham have one back! The ball bobbles through Chelsea’s box and Sarr flicks it on for Richarlison to tap home. A frantic final 15 minutes awaits...
Chelsea 2-0 Tottenham
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72mins: Gallagher connects well with a well-hit cross but Sanchez catches it. Not a bad chance, that.
Dom Smith at Stamford Bridge
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Is there any way back for Tottenham in this game now? Stamford Bridge is alive and bouncing as Santos makes it 2-0 to the Blues. It's a beautifully worked move that begins with Cole Palmer picking up a loose ball in midfield and spreading wide.
Chelsea 2-0 Tottenham
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68mins: And here come the three changes, arguably too late. Maddison, Sarr and Spence for Palhinha, Kolo Muani and Udogie.
GOAL! Chelsea 2-0 Tottenham | Santos '67
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And Chelsea double their lead! Santos taps home after Fernandez nodded Neto’s cross into the six-yard box. Wonderful move.
Sam Tabuteau at Stamford Bridge
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Spurs are racking up the bookings now. Remember they picked up nine yellow cards - the most of any single team in a Premier League game - during the infamous 'Battle of the Bridge' 10 years ago.
Chelsea 1-0 Tottenham
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66mins: This is a rather flat spell from Chelsea, and Tottenham are readying a TRIPLE substitution!
Chelsea 1-0 Tottenham
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64mins: Both sides are readying subs here. Alejandro Garnacho for Chelsea, James Maddison for Tottenham.
Chelsea 1-0 Tottenham
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63mins: Udogie goes into the book after tackling Fofana into touch. The Frenchman has stayed down after the tackle.
Chelsea 1-0 Tottenham
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61mins: The Stamford Bridge atmosphere seems to have fallen a bit flat since the Man City result came in. It is a scoreline which doesn’t benefit anyone in the stadium as it crowns Arsenal Premier League champions and rules Chelsea out of Champions League contention.
Dom Smith reports from Stamford Bridge
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Good Richarlison header but Sanchez does well there. It's a reminder to Chelsea to stay attentive to the threat of Spurs from set pieces.
Chelsea 1-0 Tottenham
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59mins: Porro swings a corner into the Chelsea box and Richarlison connects well with it, but Sanchez gets down quickly to deny him. That is Spurs’ first shot on target.
Chelsea 1-0 Tottenham
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55mins: Back to the matter at hand, that result on the south coast means Chelsea can now finish no higher than seventh.
Arsenal crowned Premier League champions!
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Man City draw 1-1 with Bournemouth, and that is enough to give Arsenal their first Premier League title since 2004!
Chelsea 1-0 Tottenham
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51mins: Tel does really well to beat Cucurella on Spurs’ right flank and puts a brilliant cross in for Richarlison, who heads well wide before the offside flag goes up to spare his blushes.
Chelsea 1-0 Tottenham
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49mins: Cole Palmer is sat down on the turf with one shoe on, for reasons unknown. He’s doing his laces back up now and is prepared to crack on.
Chelsea 1-0 Tottenham
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47mins: Fernandez takes the corner, but causes Kinsky no problems.
Chelsea 1-0 Tottenham
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47mins: Porro bundles Cucurella into touch to give Chelsea an early corner.
2ND HALF: Chelsea 1-0 Tottenham
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Back underway!
Around the grounds
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Nobody at Stamford Bridge will be pleased to find out the score at the Vitality.
Man City are trailing 1-0 with the match drawing to a close. They need a win to take the title race to the final day.
Arsenal could be crowned champions within minutes!
HALF-TIME: Chelsea 1-0 Tottenham
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Chelsea lead into the break.
Chelsea 1-0 Tottenham
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45+1mins: Palmer shoots low from the edge of the box and it flashes past Kinsky’s right post.
Chelsea 1-0 Tottenham
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45mins: A big gathering around the referee as Caicedo goes down after Gallagher caught him in the face, completely accidentally. Into one minute of added time.
Chelsea 1-0 Tottenham
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44mins: Neto’s cross from the free-kick is into Kinsky’s hands, and he just about manages to keep it from crossing the line as he stumbles into his own goal.
Chelsea 1-0 Tottenham
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43mins: Van de Ven wrestles Delap to the ground as he attempts to break down the wing and is booked. Free-kick to the Blues from the right flank.
Dom Smith reports from Stamford Bridge
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Bit of a coming together between former teammates Gallagher and Cucurella there. Neither is happy with the other. But you just know they'll be laughing and chatting at full-time.
Chelsea 1-0 Tottenham
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42mins: Gallagher and Cucurella clash off the ball, and exchange some terse words after the fact.
Chelsea 1-0 Tottenham
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40mins: A bit of the energy has come out of this match as we process towards half-time. Chelsea enjoying much more of the ball in the past few minutes.
Sam Tabuteau reports from Stamford Bridge
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Two times Tottenham's wingers have ballooned the ball over the bar in quick succession and twice they have been met with jeers of "that's why you're going down" from the home fans.
Chelsea 1-0 Tottenham
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37mins: Tel cuts inside and gets a shot away, but doesn’t quite catch it right and watches his effort sail over.
Chelsea 1-0 Tottenham
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36mins: Fernandez puts a through-ball up to Delap but the striker can’t quite get it controlled under pressure from three Spurs defenders.
Chelsea 1-0 Tottenham
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33mins: A lovely jinking run from Hato carves Tottenham open, but he misplaces his pass for the onrushing Neto. Spurs race down the opposite end and Muani puts a rather wasteful cross behind Sanchez’s goal.
Chelsea 1-0 Tottenham
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31mins: Palhinha is harrying Acheampong as he looks to win the ball in the final third, but fouls the youngster in doing so.
Chelsea 0-0 Tottenham
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29mins: Fernandez shoots the free-kick from a very tight angle and rattles the woodwork!
Chelsea 0-0 Tottenham
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28mins: Palmer plays a superb through-ball into the corner for Cucurella and Porro, after losing the footrace, clatters his countryman. He is booked for his troubles and Chelsea have a free-kick high on the left flank.
Sam Tabuteau reports from Stamford Bridge
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Porro keeps pushing centrally in search of the ball but it is leaving gaps for Cucurella to exploit. Porro has been Spurs' biggest threat so far but Spurs need to be careful not to leave themselves exposed in the right channel.
Chelsea 1-0 Tottenham
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26mins: Tottenham deal with the corner, but can only clear as far as Cucurella, who works the ball back to the scrum-capped Sanchez.
Chelsea 1-0 Tottenham
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25mins: Tel races back to cut out Cucurella’s switch, which was searching for Neto. Corner to Chelsea...
Dom Smith reports from Stamford Bridge
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Delap's first contribution of the match that isn't a foul is to fire wide and high of the target. No comment.
Chelsea 1-0 Tottenham
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23mins: A great chance for Chelsea to double their advantage as Palmer does well to control Cucurella’s bobbling pass in the box. He tees up Delap, who smashes his effort high and wide.
Chelsea 1-0 Tottenham
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23mins: Gallagher catches Santos late in the middle of the park and it will be a free-kick to Chelsea from the centre-circle.
Chelsea 1-0 Tottenham
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22mins: That goal does not seem to have dampened Spurs’ spirits. They are pressing with some considerable gusto.
Dom Smith reports from Stamford Bridge
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A sensational strike from Fernandez, the Chelsea captain on the night leading by example. There was no saving that. Chelsea lead.
GOAL! Chelsea 1-0 Tottenham | Fernandez '18
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Fernandez opens the scoring with a derby classic! What a hit from the Argentine! He hits a piledriver from 25 yards and it just swerves away from Kinsky.
Chelsea 0-0 Tottenham
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17mins: Delap has had a tough season and, in keeping with the established theme, has had a pretty tough opening quarter of an hour here. He is struggling to hold onto the ball or cope with the physical pressure of the Tottenham back-line.
Chelsea 0-0 Tottenham
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16mins: Caicedo is tackled by Van de Ven, cleanly but firmly. The Chelsea man is down in a heap, though. He looks to have fallen a little awkwardly but is back to his feet promptly enough.
Chelsea 0-0 Tottenham
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14mins: WHAT A SAVE! Palmer looks to bend one beyond Kinsky but the Czech is at full stretch to parry.
The resultant corner is headed away unconvincingly by Richarlison and the play is blown dead for a foul on Porro.
Chelsea 0-0 Tottenham
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11mins: Off the post! Porro puts a wonderful cross in for Tel to head goalwards, and he does so at pace from close range but rattles the upright.
Chelsea 0-0 Tottenham
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10mins: Some meaty tackles are starting to fly around here. It is derby day indeed.
Sam Tabuteau reports from Stamford Bridge
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Chelsea bench not happy with Roberto De Zerbi, who keeps creeping out of his technical area. Reminder, he is one booking away from having to serve a one-game touchline ban.
Chelsea 0-0 Tottenham
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7mins: Chelsea are starting to grow into this. Palmer combines nicely with Fernandez and wins a throw-in high up the pitch for the hosts, on which they cannot capitalise.
Chelsea 0-0 Tottenham
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7mins: Palhinha seems to tread on the back of Palmer’s ankle as the Chelsea man looks to break. Seems a painful one for him, but he is fine to continue.
Chelsea 0-0 Tottenham
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5mins: Chelsea academy graduate Conor Gallagher is playing at Stamford Bridge against his former club for the first time tonight. He is booed as he gets his first touch on the ball.
Chelsea 0-0 Tottenham
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4mins: And it has been a lively start from the visitors. Porro gets around Fernandez and plays a great ball forward towards Richarlison. Hato intercepts and deflects it unconvincingly behind his own goal for a corner.
Sam Tabuteau reports from Stamford Bridge
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Tottenham fans are in fine voice early on. Against a rotated Chelsea side, they will fancy they can get a result tonight. Lot of the early running has been made by the visitors.
Chelsea 0-0 Tottenham
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3mins: Van de Ven is first to Pedro Neto’s cross, sending Muani away on the counter. Cucurella does well to catch him and force the Frenchman to turn back.
Chelsea 0-0 Tottenham
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2mins: Sanchez called into action twice in the early exchanges. He catches one cross from his left, and another from his right.
KICK-OFF! Chelsea 0-0 Tottenham
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For the final time this Premier League season, we are underway at Stamford Bridge!
And moments before kick-off here at the Bridge, a massive twist in the title race on the south coast as Bournemouth take the lead against Man City.
As it stands, Arsenal will be crowned champions tonight.
Here we go...
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The Liquidator is blaring over southwest London, and the players take to the pitch.
Kick-off is imminent!
Team news reminder
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With just ten minutes until kick-off, a reminder of tonight’s starting XIs.
Chelsea XI: Sanchez; Acheampong, Fofana, Hato, Cucurella, Caicedo, Andrey Santos, Palmer, Fernandez, Neto, Delap
Tottenham XI: Kinsky; Van de Ven, Danso, Porro, Bentancur, Udogie, Gallagher, Palhinha, Richarlison, Tel, Kolo Muani
Joao Pedro spotted!
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The Brazilian collects his player of the season award.
João Pedro all smiles as he collects his Chelsea player of the season award #cfc pic.twitter.com/IfcvBZuU0a
— Dom Smith (@MrDomSmith) May 19, 2026
De Zerbi ban risk
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Roberto De Zerbi will cop a one-match touchline ban if he is booked tonight.
He has already been booked twice since taking over from Igor Tudor, with three bookings in one season warranting a suspension.
That could be damning should he serve that ban during a relegation decider this weekend.
Vicario injury latest
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Guglielmo Vicario is in the Tottenham squad tonight but it is Antonin Kinsky who starts between the sticks.
Roberto De Zerbi reveals his countryman is not 100 per cent fit, and that is why he remains on the bench.
“We do not want to take a risk,” he says.
McFarlane: I'm looking forward to working with Alonso
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“Really exciting news. [He is] very talented, massive pedigree. Yeah, really excited for the club. We're all looking forward to working with them.
“It doesn't surprise me. It's a massive club. I think we've got really exciting players coming to play here. Even though it's a disappointing season, they are showing at times this year the kind of quality that we have.
“So yeah, it's a massive club and it will always attract top players and top managers.”
A rare start for Delap
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Joao Pedro is left out of the squad tonight, leaving Liam Delap to start in his place.
The Briton has had a grim debut campaign in west London, with just two goals in all competitions.
Can he end the season on a high here?
Xabi Alonso to Chelsea: Everything you need to know
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The chain of events that brought Xabi Alonso to Chelsea began before it was even clear Liam Rosenior’s disaster reign would end prematurely.
Form and confidence had been plummeting for weeks. Chelsea’s owners, who had been so convinced in January that Rosenior’s compelling communication and Strasbourg’s stellar results would translate at Stamford Bridge, were giving the young Englishman time but could see which way the wind was blowing.
As the defeats piled up, they got their heads together and began to plot. The recruitment process to hire Rosenior’s successor officially began after his sacking, following that dreadful 3-0 defeat at Brighton, yet dialogue about what sort of profile should come next was already underway.
This bruising season has already convinced Chelsea to deviate somewhat away from their youth-focused transfer strategy this summer. They will hire some experienced heads with leadership qualities. They accepted, after Rosenior, that a change of profile was needed in the dugout, too.
Want to know the full story about why and how Chelsea signed Xabi Alonso? Click here!
Where are Joao Pedro and Levi Colwill?
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Joao Pedro misses out tonight with a knock, Standard Sport understands.
Levi Colwill is absent as Chelsea manage his workload.
Can Chelsea still qualify for Europe?
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Yes, they can!
In fact, the Champions League is still technically possible, but a win will be required both here and away at Sunderland on Sunday, and have several other results go their way.
Three points against arch-rivals Tottenham tonight certainly would not go amiss...
Happy hunting ground? Not quite...
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Stamford Bridge could not be a less of a happy hunting ground for Spurs.
They last won a league match in SW6 in 2018.
Relegation permutations
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How can Tottenham confirm their survival tonight?
A win will be enough to confirm their top-flight status for next season, also relegating West Ham in the process.
A draw should be enough. It would leave Spurs three points clear of West Ham heading into the final day of the season, but their vastly superior goal difference would leave the Irons requiring a pretty significant win on Sunday.
Should Spurs lose, though, it will all be to play for on the final day of the campaign.
Around the grounds: Bournemouth vs Manchester City
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The Premier League title could be decided on the south coast tonight.
If Manchester City drop any points against Bournemouth in this evening’s early kick-off, Arsenal could be crowned champions.
And that match is UNDERWAY as of 7.30pm BST!
Click here to follow the match LIVE with Standard Sport!
Dom Smith reports from Stamford Bridge
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It's an interesting line-up for Chelsea, including very rare Premier League starts for Liam Delap, Andrey Santos and Josh Acheampong. Levi Colwill misses out due to load management as he has only just come back from a very serious injury. It's the last chance for Cole Palmer to impress before Thomas Tuchel names his England squad for the World Cup on Friday.
Jesse Derry returns
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Jesse Derry made his full senior debut as Chelsea hosted Nottingham Forest a couple of weeks back, but he did not last the full first-half as he suffered a head injury in a nasty mid-air collision.
He was hospitalised but seems to have avoided serious injury. He returns to the side here, named to the bench alongside two other extremely highly rated academy products in Shim Mheuka and Ryan Kavuma McQueen.
Chelsea vs Tottenham previewed
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Standard Sport reporters Sam Tabuteau and Dom Smith are at Stamford Bridge with everything you need to know about tonight’s action!
Watch their preview below...
Team news unpacked ahead of a feisty derby 🔥
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🎙️ Our intrepid reporters @tabuteauS and @MrDomSmith have boots on the ground at Stamford Bridge and have the lowdown on tonight's fixture.
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Chelsea hierarchy accept blame for grim campaign, promise brighter future
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Chelsea’s decision-makers have penned an open letter to the club’s supporters in tonight’s programme, accepting the blame for this tumultuous season and promising a brighter tomorrow.
Sam Tabuteau reports from Stamford Bridge
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Roberto De Zerbi had given himself a choice to make in goal this evening and he has decided to stick with Antonin Kinsky after a number of impressive displays in place of first-choice Guglielmo Vicario. With Kinsky retaining his place, Spurs are unchanged from their 1-1 draw with Leeds last week as they look to secure Premier League survival tonight.
CHELSEA CONFIRMED TEAM NEWS
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Chelsea XI: Sanchez; Acheampong, Fofana, Hato, Cucurella, Caicedo, Andrey Santos, Palmer, Fernandez, Neto, Delap
Subs: Jorgensen, Sarr, Chalobah, James, Essugo, Garnacho, Derry, Kavuma-McQueen, Mheuka
TOTTENHAM CONFIRMED TEAM NEWS
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Tottenham XI: Kinsky; Van de Ven, Danso, Porro, Bentancur, Udogie, Gallagher, Palhinha, Richarlison, Tel, Kolo Muani
Subs: Vicario, Dragusin, Bissouma, Maddison, Gray, Bergvall, Spence, Sarr, Souza
Anyway...
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There’s still a London derby to be played tonight. Team news will be out imminently!
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