Tottenham had a strong spell either side of half-time, but Chelsea were the better side.
Andre Villas-Boas was unable to select either Moussa Dembele or Gareth Bale, so used Clint Dempsey on the left and Tom Huddlestone came into the centre of midfield. Brad Friedel started, with Hugo Lloris on the bench.
Roberto Di Matteo left...
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Chelsea stay at the top of the table after scoring two goals from free-kicks.
Arsene Wenger went with the pace of Gervinho rather than the physicality of Olivier Giroud upfront, and continued with Aaron Ramsey on the right – although he had to shuffle into the middle after Abou Diaby’s injury.
Roberto Di Matteo left out...
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Oscar’s strikes gave Chelsea two-goal lead, but Juventus found a way back into the game.
Roberto Di Matteo selected Oscar as the central playmaker in his 4-2-3-1, with Juan Mata on the bench. The rest of the side was as expected.
Antonio Conte (and assistant Massimo Carrera) named the expected side.
There were no major surprises in the...
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Chelsea lifted the European Cup after a tight match was decided on penalties.
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If Chelsea did an ‘Inter 2010′ in the semi-final against Barcelona, they need to repeat the trick here – Inter went onto beat Bayern in the final that year.
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