U23 - Chelsea 1 - 2 Tottenham - 切爾西足球俱樂部 Chelsea Football Club

U23聯賽第21輪




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PL2 report: Chelsea 1 Tottenham 2

Fri 13 Apr 2018


Our development squad led but were beaten at Stamford Bridge in their
penultimate game of the Premier League 2 campaign.


An uneventful first half showed signs of an end-of-season affair before
Tottenham captain Christian Maghoma was sent off six minutes before the
interval for a second booking. The restart promised more action and three
goals in eight minutes provided the 3,000 supporters in the crowd with the
entertainment they had come for.


Josh Grant headed us in front from a Charlie Colkett corner but a pair of
precise free-kicks from Keanan Bennetts turned the contest around,
leaving the Blues sixth in the table.


The hosts made six changes from an impressive victory away at Derby County
a fortnight ago, though hat-trick hero Daishawn Redan retained his place
at the point of our attack supported by the returning Jacob Maddox,
Colkett and Harvey St Clair.


Marcin Bulka also came into the side between the posts behind a reshaped
back four consisting of Dujon Sterling, Trevoh Chalobah, Grant and Juan
Castillo. Ruben Sammut, our only PL2 ever-present this term, wore the
captain's armband alongside Luke McCormick in central midfield.


Spurs made just two changes from their last outing, also a victory against
the Rams, as they sought the three more points they needed to secure
survival. It was Edwards's side who came into the contest as the in-form
team in the league with four wins from five but the visitors made the
brighter opening in SW6, moving the ball crisply and finding pockets of
space.


Their promising start forced Chalobah into some solid early defending, the
centre-back reading danger and snuffing out opportunities, which meant the
direct threat to Bulka's goal remained limited. Colkett was handed our
first sight at goal after 15 minutes but missed the target with a central
free-kick 25 yards from goal, before McCormick took aim from the edge of
the box but cut across the ball a little too much.


Maghoma's first booking came midway through the half after he was beaten
by the quick feet of Redan, though St Clair's curling strike from the
following free-kick could not beat the unmoving Tottenham wall. With the
Blues firmly entrenched in mid-table and Spurs edging towards safety, the
encounter lacked some of the more traditional bite normally associated
with a London derby between these rivals.


Wayne Burnett's side carved out their best chance of the first period on
the half-hour mark as Kazaiah Sterling advanced into the box and
capitalised on a gap to shoot, though his rising effort was watched just
wide of the top corner by Bulka.


With the game dwindling towards the interval, a long ball forward suddenly
caused serious problems for the Spurs defenders and Redan was racing clear
in behind before an untidy tangle with Maghoma. The referee deemed it an
illegal intervention and therefore had no choice but to send the Spurs
skipper for an early shower.


The decision inspired the hosts into a brief flurry of attacks before the
half-time whistle, a strike from St Clair well held by Brandon Austin and
a speculative bicycle kick from McCormick flying over as it remained
goalless at the break.


The second half provided far more action for the supporters at Stamford
Bridge, with the Blues looking to utilise their numerical advantage. The
lively Bennetts forced a first save of note from Bulka after skipping
infield form the right, while McCormick's range was less accurate as he
missed the target twice from distance in quick succession.


Edwards made changes in both personnel and system 10 minutes after the
restart, introducing Callum Hudson-Odoi and Reece James in a switch to
3-4-2-1. The former's arrival almost paid instant dividends as he spread
the play left for Castillo to deliver, though Redan's shot on the spin was
blocked behind by Japhet Tanganga.


St Clair then skewed an effort high and wide before the breakthrough
finally arrived with 66 minutes on the clock. It proved a simple goal for
the Blues as Colkett swung in an inviting inswinging corner and Grant
proved quickest to meet it with a thumping near-post header into the back
of the net.


The young Blues appeared in the ascendancy but within eight minutes they
were 2-1 down as a pair of precise free-kicks from Bennetts turned the
game on its head. McCormick was the guilty man on the first occasion,
penalised for a foul on the edge of the box, and the Spurs forward stepped
up to curl a perfect effort into the top corner.


The comeback was completed by the visitors moments later as Grant bundled
into the back of a Tottenham man in an identical position and could only
watch as Bennetts this time whipped a low strike around the wall and into
the bottom far corner.


Chelsea responded with a strike from Redan fired straight at Austin before
St Clair flashed a shot across goal and agonisingly inches wide of the far
post. The best chance for an equaliser fell to Hudson-Odoi five minutes
from time as St Clair pulled the ball back from the right touchline but
the substitute's fierce strike arrowed inches over the crossbar.


Chelsea (4-2-3-1)
Marcin Bulka

Dujon Sterling Trevoh Chalobah Josh Grant Juan Castillo

Luke McCormick Ruben Sammut (c)
(Callum Hudson-Odoi 54)

Jacob Maddox Charlie Colkett Harvey St Clair
(Reece James 54)
Daishawn Redan


Unused subs - Jamie Cumming, Joseph Colley, Richard Nartey
Scorer - Grant 66
Booked - McCormick 68; Grant 73


Tottenham

Brandon Austin, Timothy Eyoma, Anthony Georgiou (Jaden Brown 61),

Oliver Skipp, Christian Maghoma (c), Japhet Tanganga, Shilow Tracey,

Tashan Oakley-Boothe, Kazaiah Sterling (Samuel Shashoua 90+2),

Joe Pritchard (Dylan Duncan 82), Keanan Bennetts


Unused subs - Jack Roles, Alfie Whiteman
Scorer - Bennetts 69, 74
Booked - Maghoma 26
Sent off - Maghoma 39


Referee - Adrian Quelch

Crowd - 2,986

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