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Soccer Football – FA Cup – Semi Final – Manchester City v Chelsea – Wembley Stadium, London, Britain – April 20, 2024 Chelsea’s Cole Palmer during the warm up before the match. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n
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Second-place Chelsea will try to extend a three-match Premier League win streak and six-match league unbeaten run on Sunday when they visit a 10th-place Tottenham side that is still struggling to string positive results together.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Despite sitting only seven points back of league leader Liverpool and above Arsenal on goal-difference, first-year manager Enzo Maresca continues to insist his Chelsea side is not yet to the point it can seriously consider contending for the league title.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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But it’s going to become harder to temper expectations if the nature of recent performances continues.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The Blues (8-2-4, 28 points) hammered Aston Villa 3-0 and Southampton 5-1 in their two league fixtures over the past week.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Cole Palmer scored in both matches to bring his season totals to nine goals and six assists in just his second campaign as a regular Premier League starter.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Nicolas Jackson also has eight goals after becoming a far more efficient finisher.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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“Yeah, but we need to do so many other things good, not only scoring goals,” Maresca cautioned this week. “We need to avoid conceding goals. Overall, I think defensively we are doing quite well but as I said, we are just focused on Sunday’s game. We are not thinking about May or June, these kind of things, because it is too early.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Meanwhile, the Spurs have proven themselves capable of defeating or losing to any opponent this season but not doing either one consistently.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Case in point: Second-year manager Ange Postecoglou’s group hasn’t won a match since a stunning 4-0 league victory at Manchester City on Nov. 23.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Most recently, the Spurs (6-6-2, 20 points) fell 1-0 at Bournemouth on Thursday and were fortunate not to concede more goals against the Cherries.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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“For me, the disappointing last night was the repeat of the cycle of us going into games, starting well enough but allowing the opposition to get a sloppy goal like we did last night or not taking our opportunities,” Postecoglou said Friday. “We need to break that cycle, irrespective of where we’re at at the moment.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Brennan Johnson is the only Spurs player to score from open play in the past three games, contributing a goal in both a 2-2 draw against Roma on Nov. 28 in UEFA Europa League competition and a 1-1 tie against Fulham last Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Postecoglou continues to deal with several absences, most notably the continuing suspension of midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur and injury to attacker Richarlison.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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