Dele Alli frees Spurs from Chelsea’s 28-yr jinx

<p>Dele Alli ended 28 years of hurt for Tottenham by leading them to their first win at Chelsea since 1990, winning there for the first time since February 1990.</p>, <p>Chelsea scored the first goal in a Premier League home game and went on to lose for the first time since April 1st 2017 against Crystal Palace (1-2).</p>, <p>Spurs were a goal down before a stunning equaliser from Christian Eriksen was followed with a quick fire double blast from Alli in the second half.</p>, <p>And to rub it in Tottenham are now a whopping eight points clear of Chelsea in fourth place and have all but ended their hopes of playing Champions League football next season.</p>, <p>There are only seven games remaining for Chelsea to make up ground and try to catch Spurs or face being condemned to the Europa League next season.</p>, <p>Alli cashed in on two horrendous pieces of defending to turn the match on its head in four minutes.</p>, <p>He first squeezed between Chelsea centre half’s Andreas Christensen and Cesar Azpilicueta to latch onto Eric Dier’s through ball in the 62nd minute before stabbing it past stand-in keeper Willy Caballero.</p>, <p>And then Chelsea got in a terrible mess trying to clear a shot from Spurs’ striker Son only for Alli to pounce and poke home a shot from close range.</p>, <p>The defeat is revenge for Tottenham after they drew 2-2 here two years ago to see their title hopes ended.</p>, <p>And it is an unmitigated disaster for Chelsea, but they are unlikely to sack manager Antonio Conte immediately.</p>, <p>They still have an FA Cup semifinal with Southampton later this month which means a chance of a trophy.</p>