Tottenham vs Chelsea LIVE: Premier League result and reaction as late Nicolas Jackson hat-trick sinks 9-man Spurs

No team has scored more Premier League goals away to Spurs than the 51 by Chelsea. The Blues’ four wins at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in all competitions is the most by any side.

Will they add to that tally tonight?

Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino refused to rule out the possibility of one day returning to manage Tottenham ahead of facing his former club for the first time on Monday night.

Pochettino will go back to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for the first time since the Argentine was sacked in 2019 in tonight’s London derby, having taken charge of rivals Chelsea at the start of the season.

The Argentine led Tottenham to the Champions League final as well as four consecutive top-four finishes during his time with the club, but upon departing Spurs Pochettino said he would want to go back “before he dies” in order to try and win a trophy in north London.

Mauricio Pochettino says he is not going to act any differently on the sidelines this evening despite being back at a club he once managed.

Pochettino was in charge of Spurs between 2014 and 2019, a period that saw them overperform and reach the Champions League final.

“I don’t believe we need to show something special,” said Pochettino. “We need to be natural, that’s the most important thing.

“You cannot underestimate the Tottenham and Chelsea fans. I don’t want to be a hypocrite and say something I don’t feel, or I’m in the process of creating. People are clever. Chelsea fans know I was Tottenham, they know about the Champions League, they know about the Battle of the Bridge. It’s impossible to hide this emotion. Now I cannot say I forget all those things. That would be stupid.

“I’m going to be natural. I hope to enjoy to a great game, I want to win, that is our competitive side, and at the same time I want to enjoy being in a place that I was part of the process of building something special. That’s it. I am really calm, and I want to enjoy it, and I hope for a good night for us.”

The Tottenham manager, Ange Postecoglu, says that big games like this London derby are exciting and he is expecting a fantastic atmosphere when the teams meet at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium tonight.

“It’s a big game, a London derby and Chelsea, traditionally, especially in the last 10, 15 years, have been one of those sides who have been a benchmark for success,” he said ahead of the game,

“Anytime you play in these kind of games you look forward to them. The atmosphere will be great, we’re at home, brilliant for us... all of our home games so far have been fairly exciting, real engagement from our supporters. I’m looking forward to it, it should be another big night for us.

“They are a good team with some outstanding individual players and we’re going to have to be really strong from a collective point of view to overcome that.

“We don’t want to turn it into an individual battle, because they have players who can really hurt you, quality all over the park, but, so far, we’ve been really good in home games, making it difficult for all opposition, limiting their ability to hurt us and also being threatening the other way.”

Tottenham ended an eight-game winless run against Chelsea with a 2-0 home victory in February. They have only won back-to-back Premier League matches versus the Blues once before, in April and November 2018.

Ange Postecoglou feels he already has a very healthy relationship with Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy, but will not go white water rafting with him any time soon.

Postecoglou will on Monday night come up against former Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino, who once revealed in his book ‘Brave New World’ that a staff-bonding exercise in Argentina resulted in himself, Levy and his coaches taking to the water.

While Postecoglou laughed off any prospect of a repeat occurring, he did acknowledge the importance of gaining Levy’s trust and gave credit to the previously under-fire chairman for a strong start to the new season.

Spurs are favourites here, but Chelsea should enjoy playing on the counter and a rare chance to move into space at speed if the hosts take the game on. We’ll opt for an entertaining 1-1 draw.

Tottenham 1-1 Chelsea

Tottenham XI: Vicario; Porro, Romero, Van de Ven, Emerson Royal; Sarr, Bissouma, Maddison; Kulusevski, Son, Richarlison

Chelsea XI: Sanchez; James, Disasi, Thiago, Colwill; Caicedo, Fernandez; Palmer, Gallagher, Sterling; Jackson

Tottenham left-backs Destiny Udogie and Ben Davies are both injury doubts and will face fitness tests before the match to see if either is fit to play but Ivan Perisic, Ryan Sessegnon and Manor Solomon remain on the sidelines.

Armando Broja and Mykhailo Mudryk returned to training this week for Chelsea and may feature at some point this evening. However, Trevoh Chalobah, Carney Chukwuemeka, Ben Chilwell, Wesley Fofana, Romeo Lavia and Christopher Nkunku all remain absent.

The Premier League clash at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London takes place on Monday 6 November and will kick off at 8:00pm GMT.

The match will be shown on Sky Sports Main Event and can also be streamed on the Sky Go app with coverage on Sky Sports Premier League and Sky Sports Main Event starting at 6:30pm GMT.

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