Chelsea vs Tottenham LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction tonight

Push comes to shove for Tottenham Hotspur, as Chelsea are launched back up the table by one divine delivery.

Thomas Tuchel claimed his first Premier League win of 2022 as Antonio Conte also suffered his first league defeat as Spurs manager, although this 2-0 win was still more commanding than it was controversial.

The extent of the difference between the sides is actually reinforced by another figure, which is that this was Chelsea’s third win over their London rivals in as many weeks. Spurs will say the game could have gone a different way if the decision over Harry Kane’s disallowed goal had gone another way, but most of the play was only going in one direction.

Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel spoke to Sky Sports after the game and reflected on his first year in charge of the Blues. He said:

Push comes to shove for Tottenham Hotspur, as Chelsea are launched back up the table by one divine delivery.

Thomas Tuchel claimed his first Premier League win of 2022 as Antonio Conte also suffered his first league defeat as Spurs manager, although this 2-0 win was still more commanding than it was controversial.

The extent of the difference between the sides is actually reinforced by another figure, which is that this was Chelsea’s third win over their London rivals in as many weeks. Spurs will say the game could have gone a different way if the decision over Harry Kane’s disallowed goal had gone another way, but most of the play was only going in one direction.

Chelsea have won four games against Tottenham in all competitions this season making them the first Premier League side to win four games against an opponent in a single campaign since Manchester City against West Ham in 2013-14 and the first to win three games in the same month against an opponent since Aston Villa against Blackburn in January 2010.

Chelsea beat Tottenham for a fourth time this season as goals from Hakim Ziyech and Thiago Silva handed them a 2-0 win at Stamford Bridge.

Harry Kane thought he had given Spurs the lead shortly before half-time when he turned and swept home Steven Bergwijn’s cross. But referee Paul Tierney spotted a push from Kane on Silva in the build-up and disallowed the goal.

Chelsea then found the opener less than two minutes into the second half when Ziyech cut inside before picking out the top corner from 25 yards out with a sensational left-footed strike.

And it was 2-0 before the hour mark when Silva glanced home a header to seal all three points for the home side.

Here are the player ratings from Stamford Bridge:

By setting up Chelsea’s second goal against Spurs, Mason Mount registered his 20th assist for the Blues since the start of the 2019-20 campaign, the most of any player at the club in this period across all competitions.

90+5 mins: Chelsea win! They beat Tottenham for a fourth time this season and take all three points away from Stamford Bridge. They remain third in the table and cut the gap on Manchester City to 10 points. Their title race isn’t over yet. It will have to be an extraordinary effort but they’re still clinging on.

Tottenham miss the chance to go fourth. They are two points behind Manchester United who currently hold the position but have a couple of games in hand on them. Antonio Conte won’t be panicking just yet.

90+3 mins: Chelsea are in control of the game. They’re bossing the ball and keeping it away from Tottenham whilst slowly pushing up the pitch. Ben Davies tries to take it off Antonio Rudiger and is successful. The German is too forceful with his own tackle to win it back and Spurs win a free kick deep into their own half.

90 mins: Five minutes of added time to play at Stamford Bridge. Hakim Ziyech gets a warm round of applause as he’s taken off to give Saul Niguez a few minutes for Chelsea.