As soon as Hakim Ziyech’s curling, dipping strike landed within the Tottenham function, Chelsea by no means seemed again.
Certain, it took till two mins into the second one 1/2 to damage the impasse. However the house proficient for Thiago Silva’s header within the fifty fifth minute to seal a 2-0 win on Sunday was once a snapshot of this maximum lopsided of London rivalries.
Chelsea will have to by no means have doubted its four-match winless run within the Premier League would finish on Sunday. No longer even with former Chelsea supervisor Antonio Conte going 9 league fits unbeaten at the beginning of his Tottenham reign earlier than the talk over with to Stamford Bridge.
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It’s now 33 wins for Chelsea towards Tottenham within the Premier League generation — greater than towards every other opponent. No longer since 2018 has a Tottenham participant even scored towards Chelsea within the league when the north London facet final received this derby.
Tottenham can have proceedings that Harry Kane was once denied a first-half function when it was once dominated out for what seemed his slight contact on Thiago Silva earlier than racing via on function to fulfill Ryan Sessegnon’s pass.
However for all Kane harangued referee Paul Tierney at halftime, Tottenham crumbling so quickly after the ruin made the win for Chelsea glance inevitable. Tottenham was once additionally denied a place within the League Cup ultimate through Chelsea successful each semifinal legs this month.
Victory for Thomas Tuchel’s facet shores up a top-four position that was once beginning to glance shaky earlier than successful for the primary time since Dec. 26.
Chelsea stayed some degree at the back of second-place Liverpool, which received 3-1 throughout London at Crystal Palace. The consequences will give a flicker of hope that Manchester Town can nonetheless be stuck after the champions have been held at Southampton to Saturday to now take a seat handiest 9 issues in entrance of Liverpool having performed a recreation extra.
Whilst Tottenham is in 7th position, the coronavirus postponements distort the standings. Tottenham fell to 11 issues at the back of Chelsea however with 4 video games in hand. And Guy United is handiest two issues forward within the fourth Champions League position having performed two extra video games than Tottenham.
What helped Conte quite was once Arsenal being held 0-0 through Burnley on Sunday. Arsenal did transfer above Tottenham into 6th position on function distinction however having performed an additional recreation.
Tottenham couldn’t recreate the drama from Wednesday evening when two stoppage-time targets grew to become round a recreation at Leicester to win. And Leicester disenchanted once more on Sunday, drawing 1-1 with Brighton.
FULL-TIME Leicester 1-1 Brighton
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Frustration for Arsenal with 0-0 draw towards Burnley in EPL
Burnley returned to Premier League motion for the primary time in 3 weeks and held Arsenal 0-0 on the Emirates Stadium on Sunday.
The Clarets have noticed video games postponed this month because of no longer having sufficient avid gamers to be had because of accidents and coronavirus instances and fell to final position as their competitors have been ready to fulfil fixtures.
Wins for fellow relegation applicants Norwich and Newcastle handiest heaped drive on Burnley. However Sean Dyche’s facet moved inside of 4 issues of protection, with 4 video games in quit Norwich in seventeenth position.
FULL-TIME Arsenal 0-0 Burnley
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The Gunners were given their north London derby assembly with Tottenham postponed final weekend so head into the world ruin having misplaced to Manchester Town and drawn with Burnley of their handiest league fits this month.
Arsenal is 2 issues at the back of fourth-place Manchester United with a recreation in hand.
Burnley goalkeeper Nick Pope stored smartly from Martin Odegaard with Ben Mee blocking off Lacazette’s follow-up strive.
Burnley have been fortunate to stay a complete quota of avid gamers at the pitch after Ashley Westwood stuck Kieran Tierney past due and prime, incomes only a warning when a pink card may simply were issued through referee David Coote.
A good effort from Bukayo Saka apart, the remainder of the primary 1/2 was once performed out with a loss of high quality and composure.
Arsenal stepped issues up after the ruin, with Emile Smith Rowe forcing a effective low save from Pope after a wise nook regimen. The England world then broke into the field and crossed for Lacazette, who may handiest flip large when he will have to have scored.
Liverpool beats Palace 3-1 to chop Town’s result in 9 issues
Liverpool decreased the space on the height of the Premier League to 9 issues after a 3-1 win at Crystal Palace on Sunday.
Virgil Van Dijk and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain scored within the first 1/2 however Patrick Vieira’s facet decreased the deficit via Odsonne Edouard’s function after the ruin.
It took a string of saves through Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker to stay the lead for the guests earlier than Fabinho scored a penalty within the 89th minute to seal the win that took benefit of chief Manchester Town drawing at Southampton on Saturday.
This was once Liverpool’s 5th recreation with out Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane whilst they’re on the African Cup of Countries.
Andrew Robertson’s nook created the opener for Van Dijk’s header within the 8th minute. It was once a deficient function for the hosts to provide away and so they may no longer deal with Liverpool’s relentless urgent within the opening exchanges with Oxlade-Chamberlain firing off beam two times in fast succession.
However then Robertson noticed the past due run of Oxlade-Chamberlain into the world and picked out his teammate with a excellent crossfield ball. The midfielder, again after a minor ankle harm, managed on his chest and rifled into the web within the thirty second.
Jordan Henderson may have put the sport to mattress at the beginning of the second one 1/2 however he fired large at the flip after any other effective supply from Robertson.
Palace did in the end get at the scoresheet within the fifty fifth. Jean-Philippe Mateta beat the offside entice to assemble Jeffrey Schlupp’s very good via ball and squared for Edouard to faucet in for his 6th function of the season.
FULL-TIME Crystal Palace 1-3 Liverpool
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Joachim Andersen was once the following to head shut for Palace with a long-range strike that whizzed simply large earlier than Schlupp fired into the side-netting.
The large second arrived with seven mins left when Andersen despatched Michael Olise away and his lobbed effort was once brilliantly tipped large through Alisson, who clattered into the publish.
Liverpool’s Diogo Jota went via mins later however overlooked his kick after which collided into goalkeeper Vicente Guaita.
After referee Kevin Good friend had waved away appeals, VAR referred to as for the reliable to have any other glance and he pointed to the spot.
Fabinho tucked away the penalty with a minute left to near the space on Town, with Pep Guardiola’s facet having additionally performed a recreation greater than Liverpool, which visits the Etihad in April.