CHELSEA BEAT SPURS 1-0 IN A LONDON DERBY CLASH TO MOVE UP TO 6th IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE

A Jorginho penalty, smashed rather than stoked into the Spurs net in the first half, was sufficient for Thomas Tuchel to earn his first away win as Chelsea boss.

On a rainy night in north London, it was no more than the Blues deserved and the result consigned our former manager Jose Mourinho to the first back-to-back home league defeats of his career. It also moved Chelsea above Spurs. We are now sixth, four points off fourth-place Liverpool.

Jorginho ditched his previous little-jump style following recent failures from the penalty spot after Timo Werner’s sharpness had drawn the foul from Eric Dier. The goal was reward for a first half in which Chelsea had dominated despite making few chances and in the second half, those opportunities came too.

Spurs were thankful for interventions from their captain Hugo Lloris for keeping the score down although they did head wide a late chance to snatch what would have been an undeserved point.

Chelsea are yet to concede a goal in the three games in which Tuchel has been in charge.

Tuchel before the game said his team selection would mean a little change in shape and with Mason Mount mostly in a no.10 role, it meant Hudson-Odoi was playing more or less as a striker with Werner, and within 10 seconds of the start, the German looped a header wide when he got on the end of a long ball.

That would be the closest Chelsea came to finding the target until the opening goal as the game settled into a distinct pattern, and the Blues were making most of the play.

Chelsea are now sixth in the EPL table

Mendy had one tame shot to deal with in the opening stages and Hudson-Odoi saw one of his deflected well wide, but Tottenham had switched from the back-three of their previous outing, their defeat at Brighton, to a back-four today and they sat deep, allowing Chelsea to play the game largely in the Spurs half.

Chelsea have had famous runs of success over Tottenham down the years and with today’s result, chelsea's current unbeaten Premier League run against Spurs extends to five games. Chelsea have also won consecutive away league matches against them for the first time since a run of three between April 2004 and August 2005. Chelsea have won more Premier League matches against Tottenham than they have against any other team in the competition. The total is now 31.