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Soldado starts ahead of Defoe in unchanged Spurs team against Chelsea
ROBERTO SOLDADO has been given the nod ahead of in-form Jermain Defoe for Tottenham against Chelsea today.
Defoe scored twice against Aston Villa in the Capital One Cup in midweek, but Andre Villas-Boas has preferred £26million summer signing Soldado.
Tottenham remain unchanged at White Hart Lane from the side that won at Cardiff last weekend.
Hugo Lloris stays in goal, with Kyle Walker, Kyle Naughton, Michael Dawson and Jan Vertonghen at the back.
Paulinho, Moussa Dembele, Gylfi Sigurdsson, Andros Townsend and Christian Eriksen make up the midfield, with Soldado up top.
On the bench, Villas-Boas can chose from Erik Lamela, Lewis Holtby, Nacer Chadli, Vlad Chiriches and Sandro, along with Defoe. Brad Friedel is the sub keeper.
Tottenham: Lloris; Walker, Naughton, Dawson, Vertonghen; Paulinho, Dembele, Townsend, Eriksen, Sigurdsson; Soldado