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Alasdair Gold

Tottenham player ratings vs Chelsea: Romero and Skipp dazzle, Kane scores and Dier impresses

Fraser Forster

Made an early comfortable central save from Felix. Made a flying save to deny Sterling in the first half although the offside flag later went up. He then dived bravely at the feet of Havertz to make an important save midway through the second half. He didn't have much to do but what he did, he did very well. 8

Cristian Romero

Continued his flawless performance against West Ham with another display out of the top drawer, keeping on the right side of the line of aggression and Chelsea could not find a way past him. As close to a perfect defensive display as you're going to get. 10

Eric Dier

Another impressive display from the centre-back, who swatted away everything the visitors threw at him. He then grabbed an assist by heading Son's corner on to Kane. 9

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Clement Lenglet

Did everything he needed to do down the left of the back three, in tandem with Davies to keep another clean sheet. 8

Emerson Royal

Another all-action display with a couple of early challenges and surges up the pitch. It was his shot that was saved in the build-up to Skipp's rocket of an opener. 8

Oliver Skipp

Getting sharper and sharper and showing he's more than ready to claim his spot. Made some swift early breaks from the Tottenham half, one of which resulted in a one-two with Emerson that led to a Kane shot wide. He then scored his first goal for the club with a rocket of a shot from distance that Kepa could only palm on to the underneath of his own crossbar and in. He was so disciplined defensively and it's his tactical intelligence that Conte and the coaching staff love. Had the fans singing 9

Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg

Saw a first half shot deflected on to the right-hand post. Forming a good partnership with Skipp with plenty of understanding between the two. 8

Ben Davies

Proving to be a really solid alternative to Perisic down the left and defended well with Lenglet in locking down the left-hand side Didn't offer too much going forward this time but he kept Chelsea out in the other direction. A good showing for his 300th appearance for Spurs. 7

Dejan Kulusevski

A busy performance down the right, trying to make things happen and he was involved in the build-up to Emerson's shot before Skipp's goal. 7

Harry Kane

Scuffed an early strike across the face of goal. Everything Spurs did in attack came through their number 10 as he held up the ball and sprayed it all over the pitch. He was rewarded on 82 minutes with an unmarked finish at the back post after Dier flicked on Son's corner for goal number 268. 8

Richarlison

Left everything on the pitch with a battling performance from start to finish. It was lacking in quality in the final third but not spirit. 7

Subs

Son Heung-min

Came on and within minutes had whipped in a perfect corner for Dier to head on to Kane to score Spurs' second. 7

Pedro Porro

Replaced Richarlison for the final few minutes and went on a few strong runs down the right. N/A

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