Chelsea 1-0 Tottenham: Big boosts for Blues

Moises Caicedo of Chelsea celebrates with team mate Nicolas Jackson
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Big boosts all around for the Blues.

To start with, the win over Tottenham moves the club up to fourth and improves their chances of Champions League football next season.

Secondly, the return of Cole Palmer, Nicolas Jackson and Noni Madueke from injury is a welcome sight for Chelsea fans who know they need a bolstered squad to compete on all fronts as the season nears its end.

With 30 goals between them, those three players - despite their injury woes - have scored over half of Chelsea's goals in the Premier League this season.

Palmer showed his quality on countless occasions against Spurs, providing the assist and calling Guglielmo Vicario into a fingertip save with a dangerous cross.

Jackson, meanwhile, kept Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven occupied for the full 82 minutes that he was on the pitch.

But it was midfielders Enzo Fernandez and Moises Caicedo who kept Chelsea ticking along and Fernandez's timely run for the goal proved the difference.

It took four minutes for VAR to cancel out the goal from Caicedo, who will be bitterly disappointed to have seen his crisp volley chalked off.

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