Match Report: Chelsea 1- 0 Tottenham Hotspur | OneFootball

On Thursday evening, Spurs returned to action as they faced Chelsea away from home for match day 30 of the Premier League season, as they played their second game in West London in a row.

For the task at hand, Ange Postecoglou opted for a line up of; Vicario; Spence, Romero, van de Ven, Udogie; Bergvall, Bentancur, Maddison; Odobert, Solanke, Son.

How things played out at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday evening

Within the first minute of the game, Nicolas Jackson was allowed to run clean through on goal for the hosts, but his effort was well saved by Vicario. From the loose ball, van de Ven's clearance deflected off of Jackson onto the post. Insane let off. Already.

After 18 minutes, Cole Palmer was allowed way too much time and space in the box, as he tried to square the ball for Enzo Fernandes, who seemed ready to tap it in, but there was Udogie to make a crucial intervention. Very good defending.

Around a minute before the break, the ball fell to Jadon Sancho - whose curling effort was tipped over the bar by Vicario, fortunately the shot was central enough for the keeper to get there. A good stop nonetheless. Soon after, Romero and Trevoh Chalobah were both booked after an argument.

Half-time, 0-0. That half most certainly happened. It was definitely a half of football, for sure.

Five minutes into the second half, a Palmer cross was headed home by Fernandez. Brilliant defending from Spurs, as always.

Five or so minutes later, it seemed as if Moises Caicedo had doubled the lead for the hosts, but after a VAR check of four minutes, the goal was disallowed. Semi automated technoglogy really cannot come soon enough.

Twenty minutes into the second half, Ange looked to his bench - as Johnson and Sarr replaced Odobert and Bergvall. Thought the latter was one of the very, very few respectable (not amazing, but better than the low bar set by everyone else) performances from a Spurs player. That sub gives the vibes of Steven Bergwijn replacing Lucas Moura in Nuno's final game in charge.

Not long after, van de Ven had a somewhat presentable opportunity from a corner, but could not make his effort hard enough for Robert Sanchez in the Chelsea goal. It was just a third effort of the game for Ange's side.

Almost straight after Sarr actually had the ball in the back of the net after a strike from range, but after a VAR check, the goal was disallowed for a foul on Caicedo. Ultimately, the correct decision, and the game remained 1-0.

With a few minutes remaining, Tel and Porro replaced van de Ven and Morrison. With less than a minute of normal time left, Johnson burst past Marc Cucurella down the right before squaring to Son - whom sliding in, could not get the ball past Sanchez from a few yards out. The ball was a little bit strong, but still. Big opporunity.