Chelsea vs Tottenham LIVE commentary: Mauricio Pochettino aims to sink Spurs' Champions League hopes – kick-off time, team news and talkSPORT coverage

Chelsea can ruin Tottenham's hopes of a top-four finish at Stamford Bridge this Thursday, exclusively live on talkSPORT.

The Blues They are gunning for a European place and can boost their own chances while hurting Spurs in the process.

Mauricio Pochettino faces his former club after a controversial 2-2 draw with Aston Villa which saw his team recover from two goals down.

Meanwhile, Ange Postecoglou will not want to suffer consecutive defeats in the London derby after his team lost 3-2 to Arsenal on Sunday.

Chelsea vs Tottenham: Carried by Cole

Cole Palmer He remains Chelsea's star man this season and has led the Blues' turnaround that has left them on the brink of a potential European place.

The only game Palmer has missed in recent weeks was a tough defeat to Arsenal at the Emirates last week.

But he came back to draw with Aston Villa and is now close to equaling an impressive record he holds Erling Haaland.

The former Manchester City player has scored a hat-trick in his last two Premier League home games against Man United and Everton.

The only other player to score three goals in a row was Erling Haaland last season.

Palmer has also scored seven goals in seven games at Stamford Bridge, already the longest streak by a Chelsea player in the top flight.

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• Only against Manchester United (39) has Tottenham lost more Premier League games than against Chelsea (34).
• Chelsea have lost just one of their last 33 home league games against Tottenham, losing 3-1 in April 2018 when Spurs were managed by Mauricio Pochettino.

Chelsea vs Tottenham: team news

Chelsea have no new injury problems after their draw with Villa.

However, his list of absentees remains long and Ben Chilwell, Bad Taste and Raheem Sterling the last to join.

James ReeceLevi Colwill, Lesley Ugochukwu, Carney Chukwuemeka and Romeo Lavia They remain ruled out while Enzo Fernández will be out for the remainder of the campaign.

As for Tottenham, Timo Werner picked up an injury in the first half against Arsenal in the north London derby.

He appeared to be suffering from a muscle problem and could now miss this week, with Brennan Johnson He is expected to take his place.

Udogie Destination has been ruled out for the rest of the season after surgery, while Manor Solomon and Ryan Sessegnon stay outside.

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• After a run of just one win in 14 Premier League home games between March and November last year (D7 L6), Chelsea have won seven of their last nine at Stamford Bridge (D1 L1). They have scored 29 goals in their last 10 home league games, as many as in their previous 27.
• Chelsea have achieved the Premier League double nine times against Tottenham, only more against Manchester City (10). Meanwhile, Spurs have only lost twice in the same season, more times against Manchester United (10) than against the Blues.

Chelsea vs Tottenham: What has been said?

Pochettino believes VAR has “damaged English football” after Chelsea were denied a late win against Aston Villa at the weekend.

Expressing his frustration after the game, he said: “Everyone who was watching the game will be disappointed.

“Two different things, the referee said it was a foul and disallowed the goal and then went to the VAR to confirm.

“The referee is incredible and ridiculous. It's hard to accept, this kind of thing in the semi-final (FA Cup against Man City) two weeks ago was handball and there was no penalty, the referee didn't review it.

“It is painful because it has damaged English football and I think the Villa players and their fans did not understand why the goal was disallowed.

“They said it was a foul and if you look at the challenge, what happened if we went into every challenge like this, it will be a foul and we wouldn't finish the game with 11 (players).

“We can talk about the performance or the decision, that damages the game.”

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• Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino could become the first manager to complete a Premier League double over Spurs, having previously managed them in the competition.
• Tottenham have lost 4-0 against Newcastle and 3-2 against Arsenal in their last two Premier League games. They haven't lost three in a row since November 2023, while they haven't and conceded more than 3 goals each time since September 2021; both streaks included defeat to Chelsea.

Chelsea vs Tottenham: talkSPORT coverage

This Premier League clash will take place on Thursday, May 2.

The start at Stamford Bridge is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.

talkSPORT will have EXCLUSIVE live coverage of the game hosted by Hugh Woozencroft.

The comment will come from Sam Matterface and former Arsenal defender Martin Keown.