EPL: Chelsea Trash Tottenham To Move Top Of The Table As Thiago Silva Makes History

Chelsea defender, Thiago Silva, on Sunday evening, joined the club’s legend Didier Drogba in the Blues’ history book after scoring a goal in his side’s Premier League 3-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur.

Chelsea defeated Tottenham in an away Premier League tie, thanks to three goals from Silva, N’Golo Kante and Antonio Rudiger.

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Silva’s goal against Tottenham means the Brazilian has now become the second oldest Chelsea player to score in the Premier League behind only Drogba at aged 36 years and 362 days.

Drogba had scored against Leicester City at age 37 years and 49 days in April 2015.

Silva joined Chelsea from Paris Saint-Germain in 2020.

The veteran centre-back will now hope to lead Chelsea to victory when they host Manchester City in their next Premier League tie on September 25.

For the first time under Thomas Tuchel, Chelsea failed to register a single shot on target during the first 45 minutes.

Less than 360 seconds after the interval, however, they had managed two, with the sublime Thiago Silva heading home Marcos Alonso’s corner after Hugo Lloris had parried an awkward volley from the Spaniard.

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Despite showing plenty of intensity in the first half, Tottenham were now being blown away by their opponents, and it wasn’t long before the visitors scored the second goal.

Substitute N’Golo Kanté’s drive took a wicked deflection off Eric Dier on its way past Lloris via the post, but Tuchel’s men deserved nothing less given their stunning improvement.

Other than a Harry Kane effort that Arrizabalaga easily held, Chelsea saw the game out with ease, and added a third in stoppage time, when Timo Werner’s low cross was driven in by fellow countryman Antonio Rüdiger.

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