Chelsea ratings: Giroud and Barkley repay Lampard’s faith with standout displays against Tottenham

Striking impact | Giroud celebrated his return to the starting XI with the opening goal
Action Images via Reuters
Jack Rosser @JackRosser_22 February 2020

Chelsea took advantage in the race for at top four finish with a 2-1 victory over Tottenham at Stamford Bridge.

Jack Rosser was in attendance and runs the rule over the Blues’ performance…

A nice stop from Lucas early on but almost had Chelsea in trouble when caught out by a heavy touch from Japhet Tanganga and was too slow to react to the deflection off Rudiger for Lamela’s goal.

Reliable as always. The Chelsea captain has played almost everywhere across the back line for Frank Lampard this season and impresses each and every time.

Largely untroubled all afternoon. The Chelsea back three didn’t face too much from Spurs but helped keep the Blues in control on the ball.

Should have done better with Lamela’s effort which saw him score an own goal, but largely a decent performance.

Another strong showing from the full-back. As ever an menace going forward down the right, didn’t have to do too much on the defensive side.

In Pictures | Chelsea vs Tottenham | 22/02/2020

1/50

Chelsea’s conductor in the middle. Kept everyone on their toes and played a superb ball to get the move for the first goal going.

Kovacic has been one of Lampard’s most consistent performers and put on another good show. Both he and Mount dominating in midfield.

The Spaniard loves this fixture, did well down the left and a brilliant strike across Lloris to cap a fine move for Chelsea’s second

Photo: Getty Images
Getty Images

A rare start in the Premier League for Barkley and a good display to go with it, nice sharp assist for Alonso.

Revived after the winter break, Mount is looking back to his best once more. He was at it from the off and linked well with Giroud.

Quite a moment for the Frenchman opening the scoring with a fine finish. Brought the best out of those around him too.

Photo: PA
PA

Substitutes

Looked lively returning from injury and perhaps should have had a goal from close range when latching onto Reece James’s cross.

Create a FREE account to continue reading

eros

Registration is a free and easy way to support our journalism.

Join our community where you can: comment on stories; sign up to newsletters; enter competitions and access content on our app.

Your email address

Must be at least 6 characters, include an upper and lower case character and a number

You must be at least 18 years old to create an account

* Required fields

Already have an account? SIGN IN

By clicking Create Account you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use , Cookie policy and Privacy policy .

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in