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At the "Stamford Bridge" stadium, two London teams - "Chelsea" and "Tottenham" met. After a tough battle, Antonio Conte's team won 2-1 against the "Spurs" and remain the leaders of the English championship.
From the very beginning of the match, Mauricio Pochettino's team chose a high pressing strategy. An aggressive game up front brought the "Spurs" team a benefit in the 11th minute - Christian Eriksen scored an impressive goal.
The "Spurs" team did not intend to retreat after the goal, but after half an hour, the "Chelsea" team started to sharpen their attacks.
In the 33rd minute, Harry Kane created a dangerous opportunity, but Thibaut Courtois reacted to his shot. In the 43rd minute, Eden Hazard had a good chance to equalize, but his shot was not as dangerous.
At the end of the first half, the "Chelsea" footballers, decided to attack the "Tottenham" goal, finally managed to equalize. Pedro, deceiving the opponents, with a great and curved shot left no hope for H. Lloris.
The second half started with active play from both teams. In the 51st minute, the "Blues" were able to turn the result in their favor - after a great play by Diego Costa and a pass into the penalty area, Victor Moses sent the ball into the goal from Jan Vertonghen's foot.
Just a few minutes later, "Chelsea" defender Marcos Alonso could have scored a third goal into the "Tottenham" goal, but he could not accurately direct the ball from a promising situation.
Throughout the rest of the match, "Tottenham" tried to equalize and had good opportunities with C. Eriksen and Dele Alli, but T. Courtois thwarted the North London team and the hosts celebrated the victory with a 2-1 result.
"Chelsea" won their seventh consecutive victory and with 31 points remain the leaders of the "Premier" league. "Liverpool" and "Manchester City" are one point behind. Meanwhile, "Tottenham" increased their gap from the leaders to 7 points after the defeat.
Result:
"Chelsea" 2 - 1 "Tottenham"
11' [0 - 1] C. Eriksen
45' [1 - 1] Pedro
51' [2 - 1] V. Moses
Table:
Starting line-ups:
"Chelsea": Courtois; Azpilicueta, David Luiz, Cahill; Moses, Kante, Matic, Alonso; Pedro, Diego Costa, Hazard.
"Tottenham": Lloris, Walker, Dier, Vertonghen, Wimmer, Wanyama, Dembele, Eriksen, Dele, Son, Kane.
