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Chelsea extended their lead at the top of the Premier League to seven points after a 4-0 win over London rivals, Tottenham at Stamford Bridge Saturday.<\/p>\n
Samuel Eto’o – only starting the game thanks to an injury to Fernando Torres in the pre-match warm-up – intercepted a Jan Vertonghen back-pass to fire home under Hugo Lloris in the 56th minute.<\/p>\n
A minute later, the Cameroon international won a penalty off Younes Kaboul as he went down easily under his challenge in the box. The Spurs man saw red and Eden Hazard tucked away the controversial spot-kick.<\/p>\n
The Chelsea win was sealed with just a couple of minutes left as substitute Demba Ba helped himself to two goals in two minutes.<\/p>\n
His first came as Sandro’s slip allowed him to fire home from close range, before yet another defensive blunder from Spurs, this time from Kyle Walker’s headed back-pass, saw him control and stroke the ball past Lloris.<\/p>\n
The result was harsh on Spurs, who had set up with a shape looking to contain Chelsea, and they were more than doing their job until a defensive error from Vertonghen opened the door for Jose Mourinho’s side.<\/p>\n
The victory extended Mourinho’s unbeaten Premier League home record to 75 games and took Chelsea seven clear of Liverpool and Arsenal, and nine clear of third-placed Manchester City – who do have three games in hand.<\/p>\n
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