
<p>Tottenham Hotspur claimed London derby bragging rights as they beat <a href="https://worldsoccertalk.com/teams/chelsea-tv-schedule/">Chelsea</a> 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday afternoon.</p>



<p>The result piles more misery on Blues manager Graham Potter whose side have one won just one game in 11 games across all competitions.&nbsp;</p>



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<p>The visitors, however, started the game on the front foot, looking lively with their intricate passing. Joao Felix and <a href="https://worldsoccertalk.com/news/enzo-fernandez-shines-despite-chelseas-poor-form-20230226-WST-420621.html">Enzo Fernandez</a> found pockets of space, but the Tottenham defense stood firm to restrict any clear-cut openings.&nbsp;</p>



<p>Chelsea had a penalty appeal waved off when Raheem Sterling went down in the box. Minutes later, Potter’s side lost influential defender Thiago Silva as the Brazilian picked up a knee injury.&nbsp;</p>



<p>The hosts, however, grew into the game after sustaining early pressure and almost took the lead in the 27th minute when Pierre Emile-Hojbjerg’s strike took a deflection off substitute Wesley Fofana to hit the post.&nbsp;</p>



<h5>VAR SPREADS CONFUSION</h5>



<p>Neither team carved out any clear-cut chances, and the slow burner match soon reached its flash point just at the stroke of halftime. </p>



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<div class="ck-twitter"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">After Hakim Ziyech was initially given a red card, it was downgraded as it did not meet the threshold for violent conduct.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MyPLMorning?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MyPLMorning</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TOTCHE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TOTCHE</a> <a href="https://t.co/dEZDhhy58B">pic.twitter.com/dEZDhhy58B</a></p>— NBC Sports Soccer (@NBCSportsSoccer) <a href="https://twitter.com/NBCSportsSoccer/status/1629871581974372353?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 26, 2023</a></blockquote></div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<p>There was confusion as Chelsea winger Hakim Ziyech received a red from referee Stuart Atwell for shoving Emerson Royal after a coming together. </p>



<p>After a long delay, Atwell went to monitor and the Moroccan’s punishment was reduced to a caution.&nbsp;</p>



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<h5>Skipp thunders Spurs into lead</h5>



<p>Tottenham took the lead seconds after the restart when <a href="https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/teams/men/players/oliver-skipp/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Oliver Skipp</a> thundered in an audacious half-volley past Kepa Arrizabalaga. This was the Spurs youth academy graduate’s first goal for the club.</p>



<p>As they chased the game, Chelsea looked short of ideas. The lack of a clinical striker was displayed as they hardly tested Fraser Forster in the opposition goal.</p>



<p>Harry Kane sealed the three points 8 minutes from the final whistle when he steered in Eric Dier’s flick from Heung Min Son’s corner at the far post.&nbsp;</p>



<h5>Last-gasp substitutes fail to ignite</h5>



<p>Potter did throw in Pierre Emrick Aubameyang and Mykhailo Mudryk, but neither the attacking substitute caused any trouble to the home defense.&nbsp;</p>



<p>The result sees Spurs stay in fourth place with 45 points from 25 games, four away from Manchester United in third. Chelsea, meanwhile, are tenth, 14 points adrift of a Champions League berth as their disastrous campaign continues.</p>



<p>Photo credit: IMAGO / Colorsport</p>


Tottenham Hotspur claimed London derby bragging rights as they beat Chelsea 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday afternoon.

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