Tottenham whip 10-man Chelsea at Stamford Bridge

Tottenham secure their second Premier League win of the season with a 2-0 victory over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.

Chelsea were reduced to 10 men after Cole Palmer was shown a red card in the 80th minute of the game.

Tottenham clinched their second successive league win thanks to Chelsea goalkeeper Mike Penders’s howler in the second half at a rain-lashed Stamford Bridge.

Palmer was sent off for a second booking moments later before Mathys Tel produced a superb solo effort to condemn the Blues to their first home defeat against Tottenham since 2018.

Since 1990, Tottenham had won just once in 41 previous away matches against London rivals Chelsea in all competitions.

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Ending that miserable run gave Tottenham only their second win in their last 16 league games against Chelsea, both home and away, and their first since 2023.

After a dismal start to the season, Tottenham have climbed to 12th place after building on Monday’s win against Coventry, which ended their wait for a first league win this season.

It was a bitter blow for fourth-placed Chelsea, who had beaten Bournemouth and Everton in their previous two league games.

They were booed off at full-time and remain very much a work in progress under Xabi Alonso in the Spaniard’s first season in charge.