Harry Kane was again among the scorers for the Lilywhites, along with Toby Alderweireld and Kyle Walker.
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The Blues are still a long way from the top of the league table, though, as they only have 14 points to date, just half of what league leader Leicester City have managed to accumulate with 28.
That would leave Dynamo as the group winners, Chelsea in second and Porto heading to the Europa League. One for their goalscoring prowess and the other for their ability to make headlines. The pitch wasn’t good and we had trouble building our play.
The predicted result is a 3-1 triumph for Tottenham Hotspur.
Following impressive performances in the previous fixtures Mourinho could include Ivanovic and Azpilicueta as the full backs to take on spurs although Mourinho could also opt to play Kenedy at Left back as he did against Norwich.
Chelsea’s rivals Arsenal will nearly certainly spend at the turn of the year after Arsene Wenger revealed that he is looking to strengthen his squad in January, with the priority being a defensive midfielder to cover his current injury problems in the position.
Mourinho clashed with his striker during Chelsea’s 4-0 Champions League soccer win against the 10-man Israelis on Tuesday night. Pochettino is still expected to field a strong side, however. “We fell asleep and gave Maccabi a chance to get back into the match”. Kane, Danny Rose, Andros Townsend and Nacer Chadli were the scorers for Spurs, while Costa, Eden Hazard and Terry tried to earn Chelsea at least a point.
“We knew at half-time they (Kiev) were leading so it meant it was even more important for us”, Cahill added.
Chelsea have won just one of their last nine Premier League trips to White Hart Lane (W1 D4 L4).
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As much as it would be exciting to have a repeat of last term’s eight goal thriller, I can’t see it this time. Defensively, they look sharper; it was in the final third where they seemed to struggle to deliver.
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Chelsea full-back Cesar Azpilicueta has claimed that back-to-back wins have given the team a big boost in confidence.
