Chelsea v Tottenham Hotspur: live 41 min VdV takes a Spurs free kick from wide on the left. It's headed away. I'm not saying this is a terrible football match, it's only like that if you like goals more than defenders heading crosses away. 40 min A tweet from the pile marked "Ain't that the truth?" 38 min Good run from Cole to get in behind Spurs wide on the left. Drogba finds him, but what is that from Cole?! Polite tap of the ball when it needed to be blasted across the box. Bounces harmlessly towards Friedel. 36 min It all got a bit exciting for a while, what with Adebayor doing a cross and Chelsea winning some corners. We're back to tiresome passes among the defenders and aimless balls forward by both sides. Drogba, meanwhile, has just enjoyed some physiotherapy after falling to floor with an unspecified body injury. He's back on the pitch but is moving about as gingerly as I have been since waking up in back-based agony on Thursday. I can keep you updated about the state of my back if you like? It's marginally more interesting than this game. 33 min Spurs with a rare attack worth of the name. Mostly as a result of Adebayor's holding-up skills on the right, but suddenly he remembers sprinting and beats Bosingwa. Walker's up in support but Adebayor's delivery is... odd. And out for a goal kick. 31 min Another Chelsea corner. Tottenham deal with it competently once again. Reasonably defended corners - that is not what anyone wants to see from this game. 30 min Lampard takes, and takes well. But there's a Spurs head on the end of it and the visitors get it away from danger. 29 min Sturridge annoyingly fails to control a decent ball from deep that puts him beyonds Spus' defensive line. He does, though, win a corner. 28 min Lampard goes down in the box under challenge from Gallas. Gallas didn't get much of the ball there, I would suggest that Lampard's slightly theatre-indebted descent to the turf has cost him there, Martin Atkinson waves away the appeals. 26 min What has happened to Spurs? They were basically Brazil 1970, Ajax 1995, QPR 2010 for most of this season. What on earth's gone wrong? They look more like Tottenham 1994 so far this afternoon. 23 min Chelsea playing a patient, gruelling game so far. Knocking it around with a tangible lack of urgency. It's not great, to be honest. Tyler and Neville are talking a lot about the psychology of how sunny it is affecting the players' mentality. Not sure if I'm having that, it's just been a poor game of football so far. 19 min My slightly sarcastic comment about Bale v Bosingwa has clearly got to Chelsea. Bosingwa (and Ramires, who's doing a good job of tracking back on Chelsea's right-hand side) have kept the Welshman completely out of the game so far. 16 min Song news now, from Henry Winter: 14 min Chelsea corner. Dealt with competently by Tottenham. This has been a thunderous but fairly low-quality start to the game. Plenty of commitment and pace but very little composure from either side when they've been on the attack. 11 min Drogba chests down a high ball into the box after sneaking past Kaboul. He's edged out by the sudden arrival of Gallas and Assou-Ekotto. Dangerous to give the Ivorian space like that in the box. He's not Fernando Torres. 8 min Spurs corner headed back to the taker Van der Vaart. Assou-Ekotto eventually has room for a cross on the left. Terry blocks it, Spurs throw. 5 min Cole plays a fairly average ball low into the box. Drogba and Mata rather get in eachother's way, and Kaboul is able to hack it away. 4 min Frantic start to this, but almost the entirety of the game has taken place in the middle third. Possession being turned over frequently. The ball's being treated like an unwanted gift. 1 min Right then, Chelsea kick off and Spurs put them straight under pressure. Gloriously sunny at Stamford Bridge. Tottenham haven't won here since 1990. 12.45 We're already running late, Sky are showing us some adverts. Say what you like about the Bundesliga, but at least their matches kick off on time. 12.42 Teams are in the tunnel. It sounded a lot like Brad Friedel said "Alright love?" to John Terry. I'm fairly sure I've misheard that. 12.40 Bale up against Jose Bosingwa? Yes please. 12.39 Petr Cech is the only Chelsea player to start all six games under Roberto di Matteo. 12.37 The following song is playing over a Spurs! Chelsea! Goals! Montage on Sky Sports 2. Seems a slightly odd choice: 12.30 Afternoon liveblog lunchers. Big one, this, isn't it? Do or die for both teams. Chelsea: Surely drinking at a saloon named as "the last chance" as far as distant Champions League qualification dreams go. Tottenham: on a run of form that has become so disastrous that there are rumours that it is going to damage the very structure of space-time. Both showed brief signs of life in the week, Spurs equalising late to grab a draw at home to Stoke, Chelsea taking the lead at Man City but lacking the nous and Here are the teams: Chelsea: Cech, Bosingwa, Cahill, Terry, Cole, Essien, Lampard, Ramires, Mata, Sturridge, Drogba. Subs: Turnbull, Luiz, Torres, Mikel, Malouda, Meireles, Kalou. Tottenham: Friedel, Walker, Kaboul, Gallas, Assou-Ekotto, Modric, Sandro, Parker, Bale, Van der Vaart, Adebayor. Subs: Cudicini, Saha, Defoe, Kranjcar, Rose, Livermore, Nelsen. Enjoy a lovely preview, and stay tuned: Saturday, March 24, 2012 Chelsea v Tottenham Hotspur Stamford Bridge Kick-off: 12.45 GMT. TV: Live Sky Sports 2, Highlights BBC ONE Match of the Day. Chelsea (Probable, 4-3-3): Cech; Bosingwa, Terry, David Luiz, Cole; Mikel, Meireles, Ramires; Lampard, Drogba, Mata. Tests: Ivanovic (thigh). Referee: Martin Atkinson (Matches 21, R7 Y70). Team News John Terry is set to return to lead out Chelsea against Tottenham. Captain Terry missed Wednesday night's defeat at Manchester City with a calf strain but trained fully on Friday. Fellow defender Branislav Ivanovic is doubtful with a thigh problem suffered at the Etihad Stadium, while Oriol Romeu is fit after a knee injury. But Tottenham winger Aaron Lennon will miss the game with a hamstring injury.