On-form Chelsea get the nod

Christensen is part of the formidable Chelsea rearguard, as Spurs are likely to find out. – AFP

SPURS face their toughest test yet when they play Chelsea at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in a London derby this weekend.

It is a fixture that can go some way to laying bare just how far Nuno Espirito Santo’s side still has to go before they entertain realistic aspirations of challenging the Big Four — Manchester City, Liverpool, tomorrow’s visitors and Manchester United.