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Tottenham Hotspur whimpered to a 1-0 defeat at the hands of London rivals Chelsea in the Premier League on Saturday and here are our Spurs player ratings.

Spurs had captain Cristian Romero, left-back Destiny Udogie and winger Wilson Odobert back on the bench but lost Lucas Bergvall within seven minutes of the match starting after the 19-year-old was struck on the back of the head by the ball and looked wobbly on his feet. The teenager was furious as he was told to come off and was replaced by Xavi Simons, who Tottenham signed after the Dutchman was linked with Chelsea all summer.

Chelsea opened the scoring 34 minutes into a first half lacking in quality, which was summed up by the goal. First Djed Spence gave the ball away before Spurs got it back only for Xavi to underhit a pass to Micky van de Ven and the Dutch defender lost it in trying to dribble past Moises Caicedo who found Joao Pedro to score.

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