Premier League: Chelsea v Tottenham Hotspur - in pictures

There's a blistering atmosphere in Stamford Bridge for this big game and Tottenham will need big game performances from their players. It's been 23 years since they've taken three points away from West London Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

A high kicking Fernando Torres keeps the ball away from Jan Vertonghen Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

Ten minutes in and as a Chelsea corner is swung in Spurs are all over the shop. Gary Cahill leaps highest blasts a header goalwards from eight yards. The effort's going just wide, but Oscar nips in at the far post and glances the ball home with his head Photograph: Tom Jenkins

He's rather happy and so are the fans Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

He's then mobbed by his team-mates Photograph: Kerim Okten/EPA

Things are all square again after 26 minutes courtesy of a fabulous goal by Tottenham Hotspur's Emmanuel Adebayor. The ball is cleared from a Chelsea corner and the ball falls to Adebayor inside his own half. He runs and runs and runs as the Chelsea defenders back off and back off. Then from thirty yards out he opens up his body and, spotting Cech off his line, curves the most gorgeous shot you'll ever see into the top-right corner. What a finish! Photograph: Eddie Keogh/Reuters

The home crowd are a tad disappointed to say the least as Adebayor celebrates his fantastic finish Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

Eden Hazard yelps in pain after being caught by Lewis Holtby Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

The home side re-take the lead six minutes before half-time with a simple but delicious move and finish down the right. Torres's quick feet bamboozles Vertonghen which gives the Chelsea man time to slot a through ball between the Spurs defender and Matt Dawson. Ramires scampers after it and, from the right-hand edge of the D, pokes out a right boot to clip a first-time effort past Hugo Lloris and into the bottom left corner Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

Ten minutes after the break Eden Hazard has a glorious chance to put clear blue sky between the two teams. He scampers after a ball down the inside left channel. Dawson should cut it out, but skitters hysterically across the turf instead, allowing the Chelsea man to nip into the box. Hazard slightly overruns the ball then checks, and should get a shot on target, and probably score, but instead of sweeping past Lloris from the left-hand edge of the six-yard box, leans back and balloons an effort miles over Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

Vertonghen uses foul means to stop Torres Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

André Villas-Boas strikes a pose Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

Adebayor avoids a low flying Ramires Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

With ten minutes to go Spurs are level again with another lovely smart goal. Assou-Ekotto curls a ball from the left into Adebayor, just inside the area and with his back to goal. The Togolese striker backflicks towards the onrushing Gylfi Sigurdsson, who finds himself in space with only Cech to beat. He plants a determined effort into the bottom right corner. After looking at the replays Chelsea will have the hump about this, because Adebayor was a couple of inches offside as he received the pass from Assou-Ekotto, but the flag didn't go up Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

Lloris punches clear under pressure from Branislav Ivanovic Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

There's some tired legs out there as the clock ticks down Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

Gareth Bale looks particularly exhausted Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

Deep in injury time Ramires clatters into Bale as the latter makes his way down the inside-right channel. That's a free kick, 25 yards out. Bale stands over the set piece and sends a looping ball over the wall but it's a pretty tame effort compared to his usual rockets and the ball plops straight into the grateful hands of Petr Cech Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

With the Blues only needing three more points to finish in third place and ensure a place at Europe's top table next season, this banner more than a ring of truth about it Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian