Chelsea, the Blues who won the Champions League last season, invested heavily in the off-season to upgrade the squad, they are not only eager to defend their titles in the Champions League, but also want to challenge the dominance of the Blue Moon Army in the Premier League, Chelsea, who performed heroically at the beginning of the season, in the recent state of sharp change, not only gave up the position of leader, but also was extended by Manchester City to double digits, if you want to keep the hope of impacting the championship, the Blues must turn the tide in time to find the state! In the twenty-fourth round of the Premier League, Chelsea sat at home to usher in the London derby with Tottenham Hotspur, this battle Lukaku started the game, but his performance on the offensive end was not good, frequently squandered opportunities, once again exposed his old problem of playing hard battles, but after the start of the second half, Ziyech blasted a flying fairy, Thiago Silva also used the set-piece header to break the goal, to help Chelsea beat Tottenham At home 2-0, which is the fourth time this season that the Blues have defeated the opponent. Tuchel also gave Conte his first league defeat after his return to the Premier League!
As Chelsea's heaviest offseason reinforcement, Lukaku's performance after returning to Stamford Bridge is far from meeting the expectations of fans, in the Premier League there is no Dominance of serie A massacres, and has become the sadistic little prince familiar to fans, in this game with Tottenham, Lukaku is repeatedly squandering opportunities, chelsea playing at home this campaign has a ball control rate of 62%, but also created 15 shooting opportunities, of which Lukaku also has many very good shooting opportunities in the game, But he was unable to grasp it, apologizing to his teammates after the missed opportunity and making fans ridicule Lukaku as the favorite striker on the pitch.
Less than 1 minute into the first half, Mount sent a cross on the right side, Lukaku fired a furious shot at the ball in the absence of anyone closely guarding, and in the 32nd minute the Blues' right attack was once again a threat, teammates crossed from the bottom, Lukaku pushed in the penalty area directly did not kick the ball, missed the opportunity to score, so the ability to finish is completely unworthy of the Blues to pay for its over 100 million euros transfer fee.
Fortunately, the other teammates performed well in this campaign, the second half just started, Ziyech took the ball in front of the big penalty area, took a step towards the middle of the road and then directly got up, the ball drew a beautiful arc in the air and hung straight to the dead corner, Chelsea led by 1 goal at home, and in the 54th minute, the Blues showed their ability to drive backwards, in the front set-piece tactics, the veteran Thiago Silva shook his head in front of the goal, once again pierced the Tottenham goal, helping Chelsea kill the suspense of the game 2-0.
The victory of this game is already Chelsea's fourth victory over Tottenham Hotspur this season, in the first leg of the league between the two sides, the Blues are triumphant away from home, and the subsequent two legs of the English League Cup are also Chelsea laughing to the end, four games Chelsea scored 8 goals, and their own 1 goal has not been lost, it can be said that it has become a veritable Spurs nemesis, and this game is also Conte's first defeat after becoming the head coach of Tottenham, through the process of the game, It can be seen that the gap between Tottenham and the top giants is still very obvious, the competition for the fourth is still their most realistic goal, and if Chelsea cannot activate the strongest version of Lukaku, it will be difficult to compete for the championship trophy in the league with Liverpool and Manchester City!