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

Liverpool moved to within nine points of Manchester City at the top of the Premier League table with an entertaining 3-1 win over Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.

Virgil van Dijk gave the visitors the lead in the eighth minute, thumping a bullet header beyond Vicente Guaita from an Andy Robertson corner. And Liverpool’s dominance was rewarded with a second shortly after the half hour mark when Robertson crossed for Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain to bring down and fire home at the back post.

Palace finally got a foothold in the game towards the end of the first half and continued that urgency after the break. They eventually found the breakthrough 10 minutes into the second period when Jeffrey Schlupp’s pass found Jean-Philippe Mateta in behind and he rolled the ball across for Odsonne Edouard to slot into an empty net.

Chelsea have dropped points in nine of their last 13 league games, turning a five-point lead over Manchester City into a 12-point deficit, and they have also played a game more.

They have won just one of their last seven Premier League matches. However, they have lost just two of their last 26 fixtures in all competitions.

The Blues could go five league games without a win for the first time since a run of seven from October to December 2012 under Roberto di Matteo.

The Tottenham Hotspur dressing room has been just like fans’ groups in the last two days. The players have been giddily sharing videos of the last few minutes at Leicester City.

Of particular joy has been Antonio Conte going to hug a steward, which has naturally been pointed out to the manager.

A glee has totally replaced a developing sense of gloom. The fretful questions people around the club had been asking have been totally washed away. They’re no longer wondering whether Conte could really walk, or if this is the most difficult situation he’s walked into.

Tottenham have won only seven of their 59 Premier League matches against Chelsea. The Blues are unbeaten in their last six league games against Spurs - with five wins and one draw - keeping five clean sheets.

Chelsea are yet to concede in four games against Tottenham under Thomas Tuchel, with the aggregate score 7-0.

Spurs have won just one of their last 36 away games in all competitions against Chelsea, a 3-1 league victory in April 2018 when Antonio Conte was in charge of the Blues.

Reaction from Liverpool’s victory over Crystal Palace is still to come but the focus moves to Stamford Bridge where Chelsea are preparing to face Tottenham.

Here’s a reminder of the two teams:

Chelsea XI: Arrizabalaga, Thiago Silva, Rudiger, Sarr, Azpilicueta, Jorginho, Kovacic, Hudson-Odoi, Ziyech, Mount, Lukaku

Tottenham XI: Lloris, Tanganga, Sanchez, Dier, Davies, Doherty, Hojbjerg, Winks, Sessegnon, Bergwijn, Kane

At the Emirates Stadium Arsenal failed to break down Burnley and that game finished goalless wile the points were also shared between Leicester and Brighton. Patson Daka put the home side in front before the Seagulls levelled things up through Danny Welbeck.

Coming up, Chelsea host Tottenham in a clash with ramifications for the top four. Kick off for that game is at 4.30pm.

90+6 mins: There’s the final whistle! Liverpool were fortunate to win a penalty that tled to the third goal and killed the chance of an exciting finish. Crystal Palace where all at sea in the opening 30 minutes but after that were fantastic. Alisson made a bunch of great saves for Liverpool who looked uncharacteristically poor defensively.

The bottom line is that Liverpool pick up all three points at cut the gap of Manchester City to nine.

90+3 mins: Joel Ward picks up a yellow card as Liverpool do their best to take time out of the game. They give away a free kick that Michael Olise swings into the box but the Reds defend it well.

Three minutes to go here and the game finally seems out of reach for Crystal Palace.

90 mins: There’s going to be six minutes of added time to play yet. If Palace can score quickly they may still be in the game. James Milner and Joe Gomez are brought of for Liverpool with Roberto Firmino and Trent Alexander-Arnold taken off.