27th of February 2019

Pedro fires Blues back to winning ways vs Spurs (2-0)

The Blues produced a superb performance at the Bridge tonight and secured a crucial victory courtesy of a fine individual effort from Pedro and a comical late own goal from Kieran Trippier.

 

Pedro formed on Sarri’s line-up and played the full 90 minute of the game displaying a great performance. On the second half the Spaniard broke the deadlock with a brilliant individual action inside the box before curling a right-footed shoot to goal. It was only a piece of the top-quality skills displayed by the Spanish ace.

 

Chelsea were impressive from the first whistle in a typically well-contested London derby that remained in the balance for the large part.

 

Both teams struck the woodwork in the first half, Gonzalo Higuain for us very early on. The opening goal tonight was always going to be critical and it was Pedro’s nimble footwork in a tight spot that created the space for him to fire into the net from a tight angle shortly before the hour mark. 

 

Resolute defending throughout was rewarded by a second clean sheet against top opposition in four days as Tottenham couldn’t muster a shot on target.

 

It all started with Caballero catching a cross and getting us on the front foot. Further upfield Hazard swept the ball wide to Azpilicueta who slipped a pass inside Ben Davies for Pedro to burst on to. The Spaniard’s twinkle toes left Toby Alderweireld in a daze close to the byline and the low shot that followed went through Lloris’ legs and in.

 

In fact Pedro’s was the only such effort because our second goal, with five minutes left, stemmed from a misunderstanding in the visitors’ defence that led to Tripper passing the ball into his own net and not to Hugo Lloris, the intended recipient.

 

With Arsenal and Man United also winning tonight, the result keeps us in check with them and also ends a run of three straight league losses to Spurs.

 

No wonder the Bridge was bouncing at full-time!

 

 

-             Match stats:

 

Chelsea: Caballero; Azpilicueta (c), Rudiger, David Luiz, Alonso; Kante, Jorginho, Kovacic (Loftus-Cheek 77); Pedro, Higuain (Giroud 84), Hazard (Willian 60).

Scorer Pedro 57, Trippier OG 84


Booked David Luiz 90+4

Tottenham: Lloris (c); Trippier, Alderweireld, Sanchez, Davies; Sissoko (Rose 85), Winks, Eriksen; Lamela (Llorente 70); Kane, Son (Moura 80).

Booked Kane 90+4

 

Referee Andre Marriner

Crowd 40,542

 

-             Match report by chelseafc.com


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