Chelsea secured a vital win over rivals Tottenham to propel themselves back in the race for Europe.
Trevoh Chalobah powered in a header from a deep Conor Gallagher free-kick to open the scoring in the 24th minute.
Nicolas Jackson effectively killed the game by heading in the rebound after Cole Palmer’s second-half free-kick hit the bar.
The two London rivals both missed big chances throughout the match, with Chelsea dominating early on but Spurs improved their performance after half-time.
Nizaar Kinsella was at Stamford Bridge witnessing the action
Djordje Petrovic - 7
Petrovic didn’t have any difficult shots to save but faced a lot of low crosses and dealt with them well.
Alfie Gilchrist - 7
The least experienced player on the pitch dealt with the most experienced player in Heung-min Son.
Trevoh Chalobah - 7
Produced a towering header to open the scoring and a goal saving block.
Benoit Badiashile - 7
The Frenchman is showing signs of improvement and impressed again.
Marc Cucurella - 7
The Spain international had a high work load against Brennan Johnson and Pedro Porro but did well.
Moises Caicedo - 7
Not as impressive as Gallagher but still bossed Yves Bissouma and Pape Matar Sarr.
Conor Gallagher - 8
An all-action performance, creating chances, forcing mistakes and breaking up the play. He set up Chalobah’s goal with a curling deep free-kick.
Noni Madueke - 6
Madueke had a trademark curling left foot effort on goal and his dribbling kept carrying Chelsea up the pitch.
Cole Palmer - 6
The 20-goal forward blazed two chances over the bar and was quiet by his standards, but his free-kick was a moment of quality, hitting the bar and leading to the second goal.
Mykhailo Mudryk - 6
Mudryk played a good through ball for Jackson’s early chance, his dribbling was dangerous and passing progressive. A big improvement after three bad performances but there were still some erratic moments.
Nicolas Jackson - 7
Missed a one-on-one, as has become customary, but he kept plugging away, occupied the defenders and eventually reacted quickest to head in the second.
Substitutes
Cesare Casadei - 6
The midfielder impressively battled to help his team over the line.
Frank Acheampong - N/A
Jimi Tauriainen - N/A
