After a largely forgettable first half at Stamford Bridge on Saturday evening, the game sprang into life on 56 minutes.
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Samuel Eto’o – only starting the game thanks to an injury to Fernando Torres in the pre-match warm-up – intercepted a Jan back-pass to fire home under Hugo Lloris.
Then just minutes later, Eto’o won a penalty off Younes Kaboul as he went down under his challenge in the box. The Spurs man saw red and Eden Hazard tucked away the spot-kick.
The Chelsea win was sealed with just a couple of minutes left as substitute Demba Ba helped himself to two goals in two minutes.
His first came as Sandro’s slip allowed him to fire home from close range, before yet another defensive blunder from Spurs, this time from Kyle Walker’s headed back-pass, saw him control and stroke the ball past Lloris.
The result was harsh on Spurs, who had set up with a shape looking to contain Chelsea, and they were more than doing their job until a defensive error from Vertonghen opened the door for Jose Mourinho’s side.
The victory extended Mourinho’s unbeaten Premier League home record to 75 games and took Chelsea seven clear of Liverpool and Arsenal, and nine clear of third-placed Manchester City – who do have three games in hand.
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