Interesting Records from the London Derby between Chelsea against Tottenham

DBasia.news –  Chelsea emerged victorious in the London Derby against Tottenham Hotspur in Week 18 of the Premier League through Willian’s two goals.

The match drama also took place since the host played with 10 players since minute 62. The referee expelled Son Heung-min after reviewing him from VAR (Video Assistant Referee) due to his violation of Antonio Rudiger, Chelsea defender.

Chelsea were temporarily away from Tottenham with a distance of six points. Chelsea are ranked fourth in the standings (32 points) and Tottenham are seventh (26 points). The win also ended Chelsea’s minor trend which has swallowed two previous losing streak in the Premier League.

Chelsea, despite the status of the visitors, dominated the game with a percentage of 56 compared to 44 percent of Tottenham. Cesar Azpilicueta and colleagues also released 13 attempted kicks and three of them were on target. Whereas Spurs only one had shot on target from five experiments.

“My players have shown that they can fight and play against top teams, as Tottenham are a good team. Today we have mobilized everything and that is why we have to celebrate,” Lampard said on the official Chelsea website.

According to Opta’s record at @OptaJoe, Willian’s penalty scored Chelsea’s 100th goal in the Premier League against his fellow London City rivals.

“Willian’s penalty is Chelsea’s 100th goal in the Premier League against Spurs – in the history of the competition, Man United against Everton (101 goals), Liverpool against Newcastle (101 goals), and Arsenal against Everton (107 goals) who scored many goals over one opponent, “stated @OptaJoe.

In addition to these facts, there are also several other interesting facts which have been summarized by BolaSkor.com. Here are these interesting facts:

1. Jose Mourinho is only able to record one clean sheet from the last 13 matches in all competitions (five with Man United and eight with Spurs).

2. Willian scored two goals in one match for the second time in the Premier League from a total of 215 appearances. Finally he did it against Stoke City in December 2016.

3. Son Heung-min becomes the first player to be given a red card three times in one annual calendar in the Premier League. The last to do so was Lee Cattermole in 2010.

4. Chelsea won their first match in a row against Spurs for the first time since 2008 in all competitions.

5. Jose Mourinho suffered his first home defeat, for the first time, against a team he had trained, after going through 13 consecutive matches in all competitions without losing (12 wins, one draw).