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Clinical Chelsea punish wasteful Tottenham

LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 08: Martin Ho, Manager of Tottenham Hotspur, and Sonia Bompastor, Manager of Chelsea, interact prior to the Barclays Women's Super League match between Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea FC at BetWright Stadium on February 08, 2026 in London, England. (Photo by Richard Pelham - WSL/WSL Football via Getty Images)

Tottenham Hotspur 0-2 Chelsea

A day in North London, back at the home of Tottenham, Martin Ho’s side returned back to N17 with the squad optimistic to break a long streak of losses in this fixture. Sonia Bompastor’s heavy rotation leaving stars like Sam Kerr and Guro Reiten on the bench was the biggest gamble of the afternoon.

For the Lilywhites a three-match suspension for Drew Spence saw Hanna Wijk enter the side for her first WSL match of her career.

The opening 20 minutes was heavily dominated by Tottenham especially in the opposition final third. Olivia Holdt operated high up the pitch hitting the crossbar in an almighty shot.

LONDON, ENGLAND – FEBRUARY 08: Olivia Holdt of Tottenham Hotspur on the ball whilst under pressure from Naomi Girma of Chelsea during the Barclays Women’s Super League match between Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea FC at BetWright Stadium on February 08, 2026 in London, England. (Photo by Richard Pelham – WSL/WSL Football via Getty Images)

Keira Walsh found the back of the net with a smashing strike deflecting off the Tottenham keeper’s boot and going in. The perfect corner routine from The Blues.

The tides turned toward the break as the visitors gained possession and showed a stronger display getting a clear choke hold on the game.

LONDON, ENGLAND – FEBRUARY 8: Sam Kerr, Keira Walsh and Hannah Hampton of Chelsea react after the teams victory following the Barclays Women’s Super League match between Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea FC at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on February 8, 2026 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Izzy Poles – AMA/Getty Images)

The second half was again full of life with a long range darted pass over the top to Nüsken who hit it right at Lize Kop and it was thumped in from close range from American international Alyssa Thompson.

Tottenham will be left disappointed that they didn’t score from any of their fifteen shots and Chelsea shoot back into the top three above London rivals Arsenal who have a game in hand.