the former england striker and tottenham s record goal scorer jimmy greaves, who died today at the age of 81. spurs said in a statement he s the finest marksman this country ever saw. and when you watch him play, you can understand why. it sjimmy greaves on the pitch, doing what he did best, that we leave you with this evening. goodnight. back to greaves! cheering music he scores a lovely goal! 0h, beautiful football! what a great goal!
the fiercest of rivals, the oldest of adversaries, united in their appreciation for one man jimmy greaves, a legend at both tottenham and chelsea a timely meeting between the two clubs where he enjoyed the most distinguished days of his career. in a first half with few clear cut chances, chelsea had about the best of them. it fell to mason mount, like greaves, a product of the blues academy, but his usual composure on the ball this time deserted him. after the break, though, chelsea were a different team more purpose, more precision and more effective, thiago silva with the simplest of headers to put the blues ahead. and shortlu after, they doubled their lead, n golo kante with a deflected shot, and for chelsea, seemingly everything going their way.
and they could have scored more, too, if it was not for the quick reactions of hugo lloris. silva again the man causing problems in the airfor tottenham. but despite lloris best efforts, he could not keep this out from antonio rudiger. the tottenham fans brought to near silence in that second half. the team in blue are definitely the team to beat in london right now. austin halewood, bbc news. yeah, big win for chelsea. but despite going joint top of the table, their manager thomas tuchel says there s still lots to improve on. everybody will get better. i don t think we see the top teams on the highest level. the precision was unique. there are and there will be a national break international breaks. i don t thickly see the big teams on the highest level, but don t get me wrong, we are competitive and it is absolutely necessary that we get better so the first half is again prefer that, because everybody will get better, i m pretty sure. again proof of that.
in from all across football and beyond today. gary lineker followed in jimmy greaves footsteps in representing tottenham and england before also taking up a career in broadcasting. for me, jimmy was one of my heroes as well. obviously growing up, watching him play, we didn t have the amount of games on television that we now do, but managed to see him play a few times. i also was fortunate enough to meet him on numerous occasions, and he was always affable and fun and hugely knowledgeable. he was a great personality, a wonderful footballer and a man with huge charisma and fun, and he ll be much missed. how poignant that two ofjimmy greaves former teams were in action just hours after his death was announced. tributes were paid before kick off at the tottenham hotspur stadium with chelsea ultimately leaving with the three points that take them level at the top of the premier league tonight. austin halewood reports.
and finally tonight, we start where we began, with football paying its respects to one of its greats, the former england striker and tottenham s record goal scorer jimmy greaves, who died today at the age of 81. spurs said in a statement he s the finest marksman this country ever saw. and when you watch him play, you can understand why. it sjimmy greaves on the pitch, doing what he did best, that we leave you with this evening. goodnight. back to greaves. cheering music he scores a lovely goal!