Jamie Carragher hails 'absolutely fantastic' Chelsea star after Tottenham win

Chelsea beat Tottenham 1-0 in north London (Picture: Getty)

Jamie Carragher was full of praise for Chelsea as they beat London rivals Tottenham 1-0 in the Premier League .

Joao Pedro ’s first-half goal was enough to separate the sides in north London and send Chelsea back into the top-four of the Premier League.

Brilliant work from Moises Caicedo created the opening for Pedro’s winner and Carragher described the £115m signing as an ‘absolute monster’ in Chelsea’s midfielder.

Chelsea had a number of chances to put the game to bed but did not require a second as Thomas Frank’s Spurs created very little, suffering yet another defeat at home.

Tottenham’s expected goals of 0.05 was their lowest in a Premier League game since Opta began collecting the data in 2012.

While Carragher was critical of ‘awful’ Spurs, he was impressed by Chelsea and reserved special praise for Caicedo.

‘This was one of those goal when it’s not about the goalscorer… it’s all about Caicedo,’ Carragher said on Sky Sports commentary. ‘He’s an absolute monster in midfield.

Chelsea’s Moises Caicedo in action against Tottenham (Picture: Getty)

‘He makes challenge after challenge and basically gets Chelsea that goal. It’s absolutely fantastic from Caicedo and exactly what Chelsea have deserved.

‘I upset Chelsea fans – not for the first time – by saying Declan Rice was just ahead of this man [Caicedo]

‘But right now we are watching two of the best midfielders in world football, there’s no doubt about that. There’s no shame in being behind Rice, in my eyes. They’re both absolutely fantastic.’

Turning his attentions back to the game, Carragher added: ‘The difference between Chelsea and Tottenham on the ball is night and day.

‘Spurs were so poor going forward. They were awful. This is a big result for Chelsea, but lot for Thomas Frank to ponder. They have a big problem in this stadium.’

Ex-Tottenham midfielder Jamie Redknapp was also full of praise for Caicedo, insisting his performance against Spurs was ‘out of this world’.

But Redknapp was hugely disappointed by his former club’s display, adding: ‘It didn’t look hard to play against Spurs tonight.

‘That was as easy as it gets. If it was a boxing match, they’d have stopped it. Tottenham were so poor.

‘I actually thought they’d have a real go tonight but that was one of the worst performances I’ve seen from Tottenham.

‘They have won three home games in the last year and I would probably put that as number one because if you flip it to some of the other games, like last season when they lost 4-3, at least they had a real go.

‘They got after teams, it could have gone either way and it was exciting. That today, they never laid a glove on Chelsea.