{"id":2108,"date":"2026-05-20T15:54:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T07:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/?p=2108"},"modified":"2026-05-20T15:54:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T07:54:38","slug":"chelsea-beat-spurs-to-leave-rivals-in-embarrassing-relegation-danger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/20\/chelsea-beat-spurs-to-leave-rivals-in-embarrassing-relegation-danger\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea beat Spurs to leave rivals in &#8217;embarrassing&#8217; relegation danger"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-29.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-29.png 1000w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-29-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-29-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Chelsea beat Tottenham 2-1 on Tuesday to leave Roberto De Zerbi&#8217;s men in danger of relegation from the Premier League with one game left of the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enzo Fernandez opened the scoring in the 18th minute, curling home from outside the box, and Andrey Santos doubled the home side&#8217;s league midway through the second half.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tottenham gave themselves hope in the 74th minute when Richarlison converted from close range after Pape Matar Sarr&#8217;s backheel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spurs poured forward in search of an equaliser but could not find another goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The result gives renewed hope to West Ham, who are 18th in the table, two points behind Tottenham.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spurs, who have not been relegated since 1977, face Everton in their final match on Sunday with a draw realistically good enough for survival given their superior goal difference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We have to give everything for the club, for the badge, for the fans,&#8221; said Spurs midfielder James Maddison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a bit embarrassing that we&#8217;re in this position.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Hammers must beat Leeds to have any chance of extending their 14-year stay in the Premier League.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Burnley and Wolves have already been relegated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chelsea&#8217;s win at Stamford Bridge was their first in the English top division since early March and lifts them to eighth in the table.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea beat Tottenham 2-1 on Tuesday to leave Roberto  [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2109,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2108"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2110,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2108\/revisions\/2110"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}