In the early morning of May 3, Beijing time, the English Premier League played a make-up match in the 26th round, and the Blues Chelsea hosted Tottenham Hotspur, ranked fifth. In the end, the Blues scored one goal in each half to beat Tottenham 2-0 at home, handing their opponents three defeats in a row.
Despite the 5-0 defeat at Arsenal, Chelsea's recent league record has been pretty good, with only one defeat to the Gunners in their last 10 league games, and four wins and five draws in the remaining nine games unbeaten. In the last 10 games against Tottenham, they have only suffered a 2-0 defeat away from home last season, and the other nine games have shown a crushing trend with seven wins and two draws, and they have been unbeaten against Tottenham in five consecutive seasons at home.
Visitors Tottenham have been in trouble lately, losing to Newcastle and Arsenal in the league in quick succession, and the gap on fourth-placed Villa has widened to seven points with two games in hand, putting their qualification for next season's Champions League in jeopardy. Maddison, the core of midfield, was substituted after only 64 minutes against Newcastle in the last round, and he sat directly on the bench in this game. At the most critical time of the season, the atmosphere in the Tottenham squad is heartbreaking.
Just five minutes into the game, Mykhailo Mudryk passed the ball and Jackson had a one-on-one chance on the left side of the box, but his effort was blocked by Tottenham goalkeeper Vicario, who then cleared it near the line. In the 17th minute, Madueke took the ball on the left side of the penalty area and passed straight, Cucurella reversed the triangle and passed, and Gilchrist's direct shot from the back point was missed.
In the 23rd minute, Madueke cut inside on the right and fired high after a couple of men. In the 24th minute, Chelsea took a free kick in front, Gallagher curled the ball into the penalty area, Chalobah nodded the ball into the goal, 1-0!
In the 32nd minute, Palmer passed the ball on the right flank, and Mudryk's right-hand curling shot went high. In the 38th minute, Tottenham took a free-kick from the right and Romero's header went just wide of the left post. At half-time, Chelsea went into the dressing room with a temporary 1-0 lead.
In the second half of the game, the two sides changed sides and fought again. In the 51st minute of the game, Madueke split the ball in front of the penalty area, and Palmer's left-footed shot went over the crossbar. In the 52nd minute, Kulusevski crossed a low ball from the left into the box and Richarlison's shot was blocked by a Chelsea defender.
In the 68th minute, Son Heung-min took the ball in front of the penalty area and split the side, and Brennan Johnson's shot from the edge went wide of the far post. In the 72nd minute, Chelsea won a great free-kick opportunity at the edge of the box, Palmer hit the crossbar with a direct shot and bounced back, Jackson headed in the empty net, 2-0!
In the following time, both sides did not achieve anything, the score of 2-0 was maintained to the end, Chelsea won this game, the last 11 rounds of the Premier League 5 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss only 1 loss, the league points rose to 51 points, ranking beyond West Ham United to 8th, while Tottenham Hotspur ushered in 3 consecutive defeats in the league, 7 points behind Villa ranked 4 with one less game, and the hope of fighting for 4 is getting smaller and smaller.