Chelsea's search for spot in Europe alive as Spurs top-four hopes fade

There was less at stake this time, but Tottenham's third successive defeat pretty much ends their Champions League hopes, while keeping alive Chelsea's chances of qualifying for Europe.
Chelsea's search for spot in Europe alive as Spurs top-four hopes fade

GOAL CELEBRATIONS: Chelsea's Trevoh Chalobah celebrates scoring his sides first goal. Pic: Ryan Pierse/Getty Images

Premier League: Chelsea 2 (Chalobah 24’, Jackson 72’) Tottenham 0

THIS WAS NO Battle of the Bridge, the infamous game eight years ago to the day that handed Leicester City the title, but it was just as damaging for a Tottenham side whose season is rapidly running downhill.

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