LONDON, Jan 13: Even before celebrating his first anniversary as manager later this month, Thomas Tuchel has achieved a first with Chelsea.
Chelsea will be back at Wembley Stadium next month to contest the League Cup final after Antonio Rüdiger’s header sealed a 1-0 victory at Tottenham on Wednesday to complete a 3-0 aggregate win.
Chelsea’s display was so commanding that Tottenham offered little threat, aside from having two penalties and an equalizer correctly overturned by VAR.
In the Feb. 27 League Cup final, the west London club will play Arsenal or Liverpool, who meet in their delayed first leg on Thursday.
Captain Hugo Lloris was rested on the bench, with Pierluigi Gollini deputizing to make his first appearance in goal since a loss to Slovenian minnow Mura in November. The Italian could be faulted for the goal, flapping in the air as he missed an attempt to clear a corner from Mason Mount that went off the back of Rüdiger’s head into the net. (AP)
