Spurs's woeful run at Stamford Bridge continued on Saturday as they once again succumbed to a defeat to London rivals Chelsea.

In truth, Spurs will feel they should have got something out of the game after a first half that suggested they were well over their elimination from the Champions League earlier in the week.

The Lilywhites started the better of the two sides, with the home fans very flat, and they duly took the lead through a fine strike from Christian Eriksen.

A second goal was needed, though, and the north London side could not get it, something they paid the price for just before half-time.

Pedro scored a superb effort of his own to leave Hugo Lloris sprawling and as the teams went to the dressing rooms, the momentum had begun to swing in the Blues' favour.

So it proved, too, as Victor Moses rattled home a second shortly after the break following some good work from Diego Costa and that was enough to ensure the Blues went back to the top of the league table.

An entertaining contest, then, and here are five things we learned from it...

Next few games key for Spurs' title challenge

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Spurs will still consider themselves as title challengers and the next few weeks will help define that. The Champions League is now gone and so all their efforts will need to go into getting their domestic form as good as it can be. Tottenham have home games against Swansea, Hull City and Burnley coming up in the next few weeks so the title challenge is far from over, providing they pick up at least seven points.

Question mark over Chelsea against the big sides

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That first half from Chelsea cannot be swept under the carpet and Antonio Conte will be keen to make clear to his players that it could have been curtains had Spurs been a little more clinical with their pressure. The Blues performed in that first period like they did during defeats to Liverpool and Arsenal, so with Manchester City up next, they need to start playing from the first whistle next weekend.

Pedro improving

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Chelsea are beginning to see the player they thought they had bought from Barcelona. The Spaniard has struggled for the Blues since signing from the Catalan side but his recent performances have suggested he is at last finding his feet. The 3-4-3 system gives him room to manoeuvre and he used that to devastating effect with his goal in the first half. The strike took him to three goals from his last eight games whilst he also has five assists.

Moses' stock continues to rise

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Moses seems to have at last found his place in the Chelsea side and he is duly revelling in it. Playing as a wing back in this 3-4-3 formation allows him to show off his superb work rate, whilst he can also get into the box late and chip in with goals. No more has that been demonstrated than with his goal against Spurs as he lurked outside the box before gambling on Diego Costa's square ball. He wasn't picked up and seconds later the net bulged.

Spurs looking frail

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Spurs just ran out of ideas in the second half and you could tell that the goal from Pedro late in the first 45 really knocked the stuffing out of them. How sides respond to setbacks like that, particularly when they've been the better team up until that point, usually indicates their mental state and the following second period suggested Spurs are shot to bits right now. They're nowhere near everyone's favourite term of a crisis but they need to pick themselves up as soon as possible.