Relentless press, razor-sharp finish: Pedro punishes shot-shy Spurs in a terse London derby
João Pedro ended his 10-game goal drought with a deft 34th-minute chip to give Chelsea a controlled 1-0 victory at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, a derby decided by Moisés Caicedo’s ferocious press that forced Micky van de Ven into a costly mistake after Xavi Simons’ short pass.
Tottenham were booed off at half-time and full-time after a performance defined by a startling lack of ambition and incision. They finished with just three shots, an expected goals figure of 0.05 (their lowest in Premier League history), and no shots on target after the interval. Chelsea’s fifth straight win over Spurs lifts Enzo Maresca’s side into the top four, level on 17 points with third-placed Spurs, and makes it 10 victories in the past 12 meetings.
Caicedo’s chase, Pedro’s chip: the sequence that settled it