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It was an emphatic penalty from Jorginho which separated both Chelsea and Tottenham on Thursday night, after the game the midfielder spoke about his new technique for taking a penalty as well the team's hard and humble work since the arrival of Thomas Tuchel to Chelsea. You wouldn't have known that the last 2 of Jorginho's 5 penalties have been saved this season, such was the efficiency in which he dispatched his penalty kick in North London. Somewhat of a surprise considering Chelsea's dominance throughout the game, Jorginho's strike from 12 yards out was the only goal of the game leaving Chelsea's vice-captain to reflect on a terrific away win. 'It's a great feeling' says Jorginho. 'We worked very hard. We knew it would be a difficult game, it was a great London derby against a very good side. We thoroughly deserved the win.  'The first half was excellent. We created lots of chances and could and probably should have scored more goals. We s

According to head coach Thomas Tuchel there would have been very few details lacking which would have made the victory for Chelsea even more comfortable, as he provided us with his own analysis of yesterday's 1-0 victory against Tottenham, according to the head coach there was plenty he believed his Chelsea team got right.  The German saw a Jorginho penalty, despatched confidently during the first half, a victory in his first London derby and afterwards the boss spoke about his choice of player to take the penalty. There was however one setback from the game which was an injury during the game to Thiago Silva, but Tuchel began with his own overall assessment of his teams performance.  'In general I am very pleased with this result, it is a well deserved win for us' he says. 'In the first half I felt we were very good, we were dominant and strong with the ball, we counter-pressed well and we did not allow any counter attacks to occur against one of the most dangerous sid

  Jorginho smashes the ball past Hugo Lloris to give Chelsea the lead A penalty from Jorginho, smashed rather than placed into the Tottenham net in the first half , proved to be the difference as Thomas Tuchel secured his first away win as Chelsea head coach. On a cold rainy night in North London, it was no more than Chelsea deserved as the result consigned former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho to back to back defeats in the premier league for the first time in his managerial career. The victory also moved Chelsea above Tottenham in the league table. Chelsea sit i sixth place only four points of fourth place Liverpool.  Goalscorer Jorginho ditched his previous little jump style following his recent failures from the penalty spot, after some sharpness from Timo Werner which drew the foul in the penalty box from Eric Dier. The goal was nothing more than Chelsea deserved for an excellent display in the first half which Chelsea totally dominated despite creating a few more chances in the secon

Thomas Tuchel's first taste of a London derby comes this evening with a visit to North London to face Tottenham Hotspur Thomas Tuchel's first London Derby in charge of Chelsea is a big away trip to North London as they face Tottenham Hotspur at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Tonight is when we will see the latest act in an ancient rivalry between both clubs, both alike in dignity, in London, separated currently by goal difference. Chelsea travel across London to face according to Jose Mourinho a sad Tottenham, a Hotspur without Harry Kane , wounded by recent injury. The Blues who have been revitalised could make it consecutive league wins against Tottenham for the first time since 2004/05 when opposition manager Jose Mourinho was in the visitors dugout. Mourinho's old team could now inflict consecutive home league defeats on him for the first time in his managerial career. Though it's been nine years since Tottenham last lost three consecutive league games in a row, Mou