Jose Mourinho won the 21st trophy of his career as Chelsea showed
Tottenham no mercy with a clinical 2-0 victory in the Capital One Cup
final at Wembley.
John Terry's deflected close-range effort beat Hugo Lloris to put
Chelsea ahead at the end of the first half and Kyle Walker turned Diego
Costa's low drive into his own net after the break to give Mourinho
victory in the pouring rain.
Both goals were slightly fortuitous - but few would argue the Chelsea boss was lucky to win the trophy on Sunday.
Tottenham
came to Wembley full of hope after their recent rejuvenation under
Mauricio Pochettino. They played some fantastic football - and Christian
Eriksen went close to giving them the lead when he struck the bar in
the first half - but ultimately he was outwitted by his opposite number.
Shorn
of the giant protective presence of Nemanja Matic, the theory was
Chelsea's defence would be vulnerable to the threat caused by boy wonder
Harry Kane and the tricky Eriksen.
But Kurt Zouma, operating as a defensive midfielder, kept Eriksen quiet all afternoon. It was a masterstroke from Mourinho.
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