Spurs 2-0 Chelsea

The report...

Oliver Skipp scored a stunning first-ever goal for Spurs to set us on the way to a battling 2-0 victory over Chelsea at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday afternoon.

The Academy graduate and boyhood Spurs fan produced a moment of magic seconds after the interval to open the scoring against our London rivals, before Harry Kane wrapped up the Premier League points with a close-range finish eight minutes from time, giving us back-to-back derby wins following last week’s success against West Ham United.

The first half saw Chelsea have more of the possession, but there was very little in the way of clear chances and, in fact, the only shot on target in the half came on 18 minutes, Joao Felix’s effort straight at Fraser Forster.

But we went closest to opening the scoring on 27 minutes when Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg’s strike from 20 yards flicked off the boot of substitute Wesley Fofana and struck the post before Chelsea cleared.

There were plenty of robust challenges and breaks in play during the first period, while most of the drama came in stoppage time following a melee involving a number of players from both sides.

At the end of it, Emerson Royal and Kai Havertz were booked and referee Stuart Attwell then brandished a red card to Hakim Ziyech for what appeared to be a hand in the face of Royal. But the official then went to look at the incident again on the pitchside monitor and downgraded the red card to a yellow.

For all the huff and puff of the first half, it took just 20 seconds after the break for us to take the lead!

We worked an opening for Royal, whose shot was saved by Kepa Arrizabalaga, Enzo Fernandez cleared the ball but Skipp beat Joao Felix to the ball and hit a right-foot half volley from 22-yards out that beat the keeper and went in off the crossbar.

Chelsea had more spells of possession as they chased the game but we defended superbly and, when they did find a way through in the 67th minute, Forster was smartly off his line to smother at the feet of Havertz.

It always felt like we had the game under control and added a second eight minutes from time to seal the points. Heung-Min Son delivered the corner, his first touch after coming off the bench, Eric Dier flicked it on and Kane was there to smash home at the back post. Job done!