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Chelsea launch late bid for European football with damaging defeat for Tottenham

Chelsea 2-0 Spurs
by Layth Yousif
at Stamford Bridge
MAURICIO POCHETTINO’S side eased past an underwhelming Spurs side desperately in need of a set-piece coach.
Trevor Chalobah’s first-half header was supplemented by Nicolas Jackson’s second-half strike to seal a deserved victory for the Blues at Stamford Bridge on Thursday evening.
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