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Tottenham vs Chelsea LIVE: Premier League result and final score after Harry Kane and Oliver Skipp goals

Tottenham 2-0 Chelsea: Graham Potter’s side failed to score for a third straight game and are now winless in six as Skipp and Kane struck in the second half

Michael Jones
Sunday 26 February 2023 10:52 EST
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Tottenham Hotspur beat Chelsea 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday with second-half goals from Oliver Skipp and Harry Kane keeping Spurs in the hunt for a top-four finish and extending the Blues’ miserable run under coach Graham Potter.

Seconds after the break, Skipp picked up a clearance by Chelsea’s British record signing Enzo Fernandez and fired in from more than 20 yards, his shot going in off the bar after Kepa Arrizabalaga could not get enough of a hand on it.

Kane secured the three points for Spurs when he pounced at the far post after a corner by Son Heung-min was flicked on by Eric Dier in the 82nd minute.

Chelsea, who failed to score for fourth time in five league games despite spending around 300 million pounds ($358 million)on players in January alone, failed to create any clear-cut chances to get themselves back into the game.

The win - the first for the hosts in nine league games against Chelsea - kept Spurs fourth in the table, four points ahead of fifth-placed Newcastle United who have played two games less.

Chelsea sit in 10th position, 14 points behind Spurs. Potter’s side have now won only two games in their last 15 in all competitions.

Tottenham 1-0 Chelsea

81 mins: Inside the last 10 minutes at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Son Heung-min has come on to replace Dejan Kulusevski for Spurs as Richarlison wins a corner.

Michael Jones26 February 2023 15:14

Tottenham 1-0 Chelsea

78 mins: Chelsea are showing a bit of fight. Sterling slips the ball into the box as Havertz sneaks in behind. He then threads the ball into the six-yard area and wins a corner.

The set piece comes to nothing though.

Michael Jones26 February 2023 15:11

Tottenham 1-0 Chelsea

75 mins: Cristian Romero dallies with the ball and is charged down by Kai Havertz. Romero has to lunge at the ball to poke it away from Havertz and in the process takes down the Chelsea forward.

Mason Mount is fuming over the challenge and has words with the referee who, equipment now restored, books him for dissent.

Michael Jones26 February 2023 15:08

Tottenham 1-0 Chelsea

72 mins: There’s a break in play as the referee jogs off the pitch to replace some of his equipment which must be faulty.

Oliver Skipp’s driving effort is the only difference between the teams as the match enters the final 20 minutes or so.

Michael Jones26 February 2023 15:05

Tottenham 1-0 Chelsea

69 mins: Lovely play from Chelsea! They work the ball down the left side with Zakaria and Felix linking-up nicely in a string of one-touch passes.

Felix sends it inside to Mount who flicks the ball into the penalty area for Havertz. The forward keeps himself onside and sprints after the ball but is beaten to it but a sprawling Fraser Forster who smothers the danger.

Michael Jones26 February 2023 15:01

Tottenham 1-0 Chelsea

66 mins: If Tottenham go on to win this game then they’ll move four points clear of Newcastle in fourth place. Chelsea are languishing in 10th and have no momentum at all.

Harry Kane receives the ball on the right side of the pitch and lifts a cross into the box. Ben Davies is free on the opposite side but the pass is just too far away from him.

Michael Jones26 February 2023 14:59

Tottenham 1-0 Chelsea

63 mins: Yep. Denis Zakaria and Mason Mount are introduced to replace Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Hakim Ziyech. Will they have enough influence on this game to swing it Chelsea’s way?

Michael Jones26 February 2023 14:56

Tottenham 1-0 Chelsea

60 mins: Chelsea have only scored 23 goals in the Premier League this season and they’re in desperate need of one now.

Kai Havertz nods a long ball down to Joao Felix who drills a shot towards goal from the edge of the box but his effort is blocked by Eric Dier.

It looks as though Potter is going to make a double change.

Michael Jones26 February 2023 14:53

Tottenham 1-0 Chelsea

56 mins: There’s a lot of deliberating in between Graham Potter and his coaching staff in the Chelsea dugouts. Denis Zakaria is getting prepped and ready to come on.

Chelsea haven’t responded to going behind yet at all.

Michael Jones26 February 2023 14:51

Tottenham 1-0 Chelsea

53 mins: Penalty shout! Emerson Royal has been impressive today for Spurs. He carries the ball into the box from the right and lays it off to Skipp.

Skipp looks to lift it into a more central position and his kick strikes Koulibaly on the arm. Spurs appeal for a handball but the referee waves them away.

Michael Jones26 February 2023 14:47

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