Chelsea can dash Tottenham’s hopes of a top-four finish at Stamford Bridge this evening, live exclusively on talkSPORT.
The Blues are chasing a European place themselves and they can boost their own chances while damaging Spurs’.
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Mauricio Pochettino finds himself facing his former club after a controversial 2-2 draw with Aston Villa which saw his side bounce back from two goals down.
Meanwhile, Ange Postecoglou will not want to suffer back-to-back London derby defeats after his side were beaten 3-2 by Arsenal on Sunday.
Cole Palmer continues to be Chelsea’s star man this season and he has led the Blues’ turnaround with form that has put them on the brink of a potential European place.
The only game Palmer has missed in recent weeks was a heavy defeat against Arsenal at the Emirates last week.
But he returned for the draw with Aston Villa and is now on course to equal a superb record held by Erling Haaland.
The former Man City man 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 times in seven games at Stamford Bridge, already the longest streak by a Chelsea player in the top flight.
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Chelsea have no new injury concerns after their draw with Villa.
However, their absentee list remains long with Ben Chilwell, Malo Gusto and Raheem Sterling the latest to join them.
Reece James, Levi Colwill, Lesley Ugochukwu, Carney Chukwuemeka and Romeo Lavia are still ruled out while Enzo Fernandez is out for the rest of the campaign.
As for Tottenham, Timo Werner was injured in the first half against Arsenal in the north London derby.
He appeared to have a muscle problem and could now miss this week, with Brennan Johnson expected to take his place.
Destiny Udogie has been ruled out for the rest of the season after surgery while Manor Solomon and Ryan Sessegnon remain out.
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Pochettino believes VAR has “harmed English football” after Chelsea were denied a late winner against Aston Villa at the weekend.
Expressing his frustration after the match, he said: “Everyone who watched the match will be disappointed.
“Two different things, the referee said it was a foul and disallowed the goal, then went to VAR to confirm.
“The referee is incredible and it’s ridiculous. It’s hard to accept, this kind of thing in the semi-final (FA Cup against Man City) two weeks ago, it was handball and there was no had no penalty, the referee did not check it.
“It’s painful because it was damaging to English football and I think the Villa players and their fans didn’t understand why the goal was disallowed.
“They said it was a foul and if you see the challenge, what happens if we go into every challenge like this, it will be a foul and we won’t finish the game with 11 (players).
“We can talk about the performance or the decision, it hurts the game.”
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This Premier League clash will take place on Thursday May 2.
Kick-off at Stamford Bridge is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
talkSPORT will have EXCLUSIVE live coverage of the game presented by Hugh Woozencroft.
Comments will come from Sam Matterface and former Arsenal defender Martin Keown.
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