THE Blues are through to the Carabao Cup final after beating Tottenham Hotspur in semi-final.
A single goal on the night from Antonio Rudiger gave Chelsea the win on the night as well as a 3-0 win on aggregate.
Chelsea, led 2-0 from last week’s first leg, made five changes from the game at Stamford Bridge, with Timo Werner joining Romelu Lukaku in attack.
Pierluigi Gollini started in goal ahead of Lloris for the second successive game after his weekend outing in the FA Cup.
Tottenham left Tanguy Ndombele out of their matchday squad for the Carabao Cup semi-final second leg against Chelsea, with captain Hugo Lloris named on the bench.
The French midfielder was booed by home supporters during the FA Cup game with Morecambe at the weekend as he took an age to leave the pitch when substituted and was not named in the matchday 18.
The decision to pick Gollini backfired as early as the 18th minute as Chelsea went ahead.
The Italian came out to punch Mason Mount’s corner but got nowhere near it and the ball hit Rudiger and went in.
Tottenham thought they had a route back into the game seven minutes before the break when Andre Marriner awarded a penalty after Rudiger chopped down Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg.
However, VAR ruled the first contact came outside the area and changed the decision to a free-kick on the edge of the area, which was missed.
Tottenham had another penalty ruled out ten minutes after the restart when Marriner pointed to the spot after Lucas Moura went down under a challenge from Kepa Arrizabalaga.
But replays showed the goalkeeper won the ball and the referee had to change his decision again.
Spurs’ night went from bad to worse as nine minutes later they endured more VAR misery when they had a goal ruled out for offside.
Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg won the ball back high up the pitch, but Harry Kane was marginally offside before he struck into an empty net.
Thomas Tuchel's side did ride their luck against Antonio Conte's side but did enough to keep their lead and earn their spot in at Wembley.
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