Chelsea take on Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League tonight, as Enzo Maresca’s side look to land a blow on their rivals in the race for Champions League football.
The Blues began the week in fourth place despite a mixed run form over the last few months, but after Manchester City and Newcastle both picked up wins on Wednesday, they have dropped to sixth ahead of Spurs’s visit.
Any slip up at this point could prove costly in the battle for a spot in Europe’s premier cup competition, with just five points separating Chelsea and 10th-placed Bournemouth ahead of kick-off.
But it doesn’t get any easier for the Blues as they prepare to take on Spurs tonight.
Though Ange Postecoglou’s side started the week in 14th, they still possess the quality to hurt any of the league’s top teams, and this particular rivalry has a track record of producing fireworks in recent seasons.
Follow all the latest build-up and team news from Stamford Bridge below:
Chelsea 1-0 Tottenham
90+4 mins: Dominic Solanke penalised for a pull-back on Tosin as Tottenham try to work a late opening.
Solanke has been non-existent tonight.
Chelsea 1-0 Tottenham
90+1 mins: TWELVE minutes added on.
Presumably at least three quarters of that is made up from VAR stoppages. As I said earlier, semi-auto offsides cannot come soon enough.
Chelsea 1-0 Tottenham
90 mins: SAVE! A BIG stop from Sanchez!
Johnson breaks down the right and spots Son rushing towards the back-post in space.
He picks the South Korean out who slides in to turn the ball goalwards, but Sanchez dives across to save.
Chelsea 1-0 Tottenham
89 mins: Fernandez feels he should have won a penalty as he gets into a tangle of legs with Udogie.
Referee doesn’t give it and neither does VAR.
Chelsea 1-0 Tottenham
87 mins: Double change for Spurs as Van de Ven and Maddison make way for Tel and Porro.
Three minutes plus stoppage time to find an equaliser.
Chelsea 1-0 Tottenham
84 mins: Palmer tries to chip Vicario but the Italian reaches to claw it away. Nearly a moment of brilliant from the Englishman, with Thomas Tuchel in the stands watching on.
Chelsea 1-0 Tottenham
82 mins: Maddison’s free-kick hits the wall and goes out for a corner, from which nothing arises.
Reece James has now entered the field in place of Nicolas Jackson as Chelsea look to tighten things up.
Chelsea 1-0 Tottenham
79 mins: Lovely spin by Fernandez in the box before firing an effort towards goal, parried away by Vicario.
Up the other end, Neto hacks down Son outside the box and earns a yellow.
Chelsea 1-0 Tottenham
77 mins: This game has opened up a bit since Sarr’s equaliser was ruled out.
Spurs realise that while they have been second best for much of today, they are still in the contest.
Chelsea, meanwhile, are now looking to add to their advantage and take the game out of sight.