[情報] U23 - Tottenham 2 - 3 Chelsea
U23聯賽第10輪
https://www.chelseafc.com/news/latest-news/2017/11/
pl2-report--tottenham-v-chelsea.html
PL2 report: Tottenham 2 Chelsea 3
Sat 18 Nov 2017
Our development squad collected three points on their travels for the
first time this season as Martell Taylor-Crossdale's brace and a late
penalty from Callum Hudson-Odoi earned a deserved victory for the Blues.
The win helped Joe Edwards's side rise three places to seventh in the
Premier League 2 table and was entirely merited on the balance of play.
They led as early as the second minute after Taylor-Crossdale poked in
from close range, though the lead lasted less than 10 minutes as Shayon
Harrison levelled for Tottenham.
It was 1-1 at the break before Taylor-Crossdale headed us back in front
and then Hudson-Odoi converted a stoppage-time penalty after substitute
Luke McCormick had been felled in the box. Kazaiah Sterling's looping
header ensured a nervy final couple of minutes but the visitors held firm
to claim an important win.
Edwards made three changes from the side that drew 2-2 with Arsenal three
weeks previously as Dujon Sterling travelled to the Hawthorns with the
first team squad and Charly Musonda was sidelined with injury. Reece James
came into the team at right-back, joining Trevoh Chalobah, Jake
Clarke-Salter and Josh Grant in a back four protecting Jamie Cumming in
goal.
Taylor-Crossdale continued to lead the line up front supported by Harvey
St Clair, Jacob Maddox and Hudson-Odoi. The latter, one of our England
Under-17 World Cup winners, had signed his first professional contract at
the club the previous afternoon. In central midfield, Kyle Scott partnered
Ruben Sammut.
Spurs included Argentinian international Erik Lamela in their starting 11
but it was the visitors who struck an early breakthrough on a drizzly
afternoon at the Tottenham training ground. Creative short corner routines
were a regular feature during Tuesday's Cobham friendly win against Leyton
Orient and it was a similar set-piece that fashioned the opening goal.
St Clair and Hudson-Odoi worked the ball to find the clever forward run of
Scott and the midfielder squeezed a low cross into the six-yard box from
the byline. There were bodies packed into a confined central area but
Taylor-Crossdale found some space and provided enough contact on the ball
to poke it over the line.
The Blues were buoyed by their early advantage and created further chances
to extend the lead. Sammut and St Clair charged down the right channel but
Japhet Tanganga covered enough ground to block St Clair's strike before
another short corner found its way to Maddox on the edge of the box, the
midfielder's drive diverted from danger.
Spurs restored parity with their first opportunity of note after 11
minutes of action. Marcus Edwards played forward to find Harrison's run in
behind and the striker, a familiar foe for our youngsters, struck low and
inside the near post via a deflection from Chalobah. It was his 15th goal
against us in just seven matches.
The momentum of the contest then swung in favour of the hosts, who went
close with a free-kick from Edwards that curled narrowly wide before
Lamela's rising drive was tipped behind courtesy of an excellent save from
Cumming.
Two good technical teams continued to carve out opportunities down both
ends. Hudson-Odoi bent an effort just beyond the far post and Maddox
couldn't stretch quite enough to make decent contact from 15 yards out,
both following St Clair's supply from the right flank. On the opposite
wing, Hudson-Odoi's influence slowly grew and a dangerous inswinging
centre narrowly evaded the lurking Taylor-Crossdale.
Lamela and Edwards were knitting play together neatly for Spurs in the
final third, combining for Shilow Tracey to take aim from distance, though
Cumming was watchful and held the powerful effort down low as it skimmed
off the greasy turf.
Before the break, both sides had sights at goal that ought to have been
capitalised upon. Hudson-Odoi demonstrated his quick footwork in tight
areas to skip to the byline and cut the ball back invitingly into the box,
though St Clair's left-footed shot was expertly turned away on the line by
Keanan Bennetts. Tracey then advanced threateningly towards goal but was
thwarted by impressive defending from James, who resisted the urge to dive
in and shepherded the winger away from danger.
It took six minutes longer for the visitors to net in the second period
than it had in the first, though another bright opening paid due dividends
for Edwards's side. Hudson-Odoi flashed the ball dangerously across the
face of goal moments before St Clair turned provider from the right. The
wideman's perfect cross found Taylor-Crossdale at the front post and the
striker headed decisively beyond goalkeeper Alfie Whiteman for his third
goal in the last two PL2 outings.
The rain came down with more intensity after the restart and the Blues
settled into a useful 20-minute spell of uneventfulness. They continued to
press from the front as Spurs attempted to play out from the back, cutting
the home side's threat at source and often turning over possession in
advanced areas.
James advanced from full-back and latched on to Taylor-Crossdale's square
pass, firing over as the ball bounced up invitingly for him to strike,
while St Clair crossed again for Taylor-Crossdale, whose header this time
had too much height to test Whiteman.
Without a killer third goal approaching the final 15 minutes, there was
also a danger that Tottenham would snatch two points from the grasp of the
Blues, just as Arsenal had with a 90th-minute equaliser last time out. A
lovely move from back to front carved open the hosts as Cumming clipped a
ball to the left for Grant to flick on and Hudson-Odoi advanced. The
forward found St Clair in support but our Scotland youth international was
denied with a crucial block.
Substitute McCormick brought energy and passion to midfield, drilling a
low shot straight at the keeper before charging forward to support a
counter-attack. St Clair had released Hudson-Odoi down the right and the
forward rolled a pass into the centre for McCormick, who made first
contact but was clattered by Whiteman. The ball rolled wide and the
referee pulled it back to award a penalty, which was confidently
dispatched by Hudson-Odoi.
There was still time remaining for Spurs to pull a goal back, Sterling's
looping header dropping over Cumming and the jumping Clarke-Salter to
nestle in the far corner, but it proved too little, too late for the home
side. Edwards and his players punched the air in celebration and relief at
the final whistle, a first victory since August ending a difficult winless
period.
Chelsea (4-2-3-1)
Jamie Cumming
Reece James Trevoh Chalobah Jake Clarke-Salter (c) Josh Grant
Ruben Sammut Kyle Scott
Harvey St Clair Jacob Maddox Callum Hudson-Odoi
(Luke McCormick 67)
Martell Taylor-Crossdale
(Cole Dasilva 88)
Unused subs - Joseph Colley, Marcin Bulka, Kylian Hazard
Scorers - Taylor-Crossdale 2, 53; Hudson-Odoi (pen) 90+2
Booked - Chalobah 15; Sammut 79
Tottenham
Alfie Whiteman, George Marsh, Keanan Bennetts (Christian Maghoma 62),
Oliver Skipp, Japhet Tanganga, Brooklyn Lyons-Foster, Shilow Tracey,
Luke Amos (c), Shayon Harrison, Marcus Edwards (Kazaiah Sterling 75),
Erik Lamela (Joe Pritchard 60)
Unused subs - Charlie Austin, Ryan Loft
Scorers - Harrison 11; Sterling 90+4
Booked - Pritchard 62; Whiteman 90+1
- Additional pictures courtesy of Dan Davies
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