There was to be no exhibition in the art of finishing on the day these bitter London rivals united in memory of Jimmy Greaves.
No more goals for Romelu Lukaku who has returned to Chelsea in prolific form, although he went close with a header four minutes from time, saved by Hugo Lloris.
Nothing from Harry Kane who spent most of the game on the left of Tottenham’s front three and took more than an hour to produce an effort at goal.
Instead it was Thiago Silva who broke the deadlock with a header from a corner, and N’Golo Kante who claimed the second, helped past Lloris by a heavy deflection from Eric Dier.