Mueez Ajao
– Chelsea earned an impressive 3-0 win at Tottenham on Sunday thanks to second-half goals from Thiago Silva, N’Golo Kante and Antonio Rudiger.
– Chelsea are joint-top of the Premier League after a second half Masterclass .
– On a day of emotional tributes to Jimmy Greaves, the Tottenham, Chelsea and England legend who died on Sunday morning, Thomas Tuchel’s side underlined their title credentials in impressive style.
– Following an even first half in north London, the visitors took charge of the game when Silva headed Marcos Alonso’s corner beyond Hugo Lloris shortly after the break.
– Tottenham were still reeling from that setback when Kante, a half-time substitute for Mason Mount having recovered from an ankle injury, doubled Chelsea’s lead with a long-range strike which took a deflection off Eric Dier before bouncing in off the post.
– Spurs had been bolstered by the return of Heung-Min Son as well as Cristian Romero and Giovani Lo Celso but they had no answer to Chelsea’s second-half performance and fell further behind when Rudiger dispatched substitute Timo Werner’s cut-back in stoppage time.
– This was Tottenham’s second three-goal defeat in as many Premier League games following last weekend’s loss at Crystal Palace but for the upwardly-mobile Chelsea, it was just the latest statement of intent.
