Chelsea 2 Tottenham 0: John Terry opens the scoring as Jose Mourinho claims first trophy of his second spell

Chelsea have won the first major trophy of the season after beating Tottenham 2-0 in the Capital One Cup Final at Wembley.

Blues captain John Terry struck on the brink of half-time before Kyle Walker deflected Diego Costa’s shot into his own net to hand Jose Mourinho the first silverware of his second spell in charge at the club.

Mauricio Pochettino’s wait for his maiden managerial honour goes on after a lacklustre Spurs performance, particularly in the second half, which once again highlighted his team’s travails in matches immediately after Europa League engagements.

Mourinho’s success in this competition ten years ago marked the beginning of a dominant period for Chelsea and the prospect of history repeating itself was enhanced with Manchester City missing the chance to reduce the Blues’ five-point lead at the top of the Premier League by losing at Liverpool earlier in the day.

The Portuguese insisted he was only focused on defeating Spurs and he sprung a surprise in his team selection by fielding Kurt Zouma as a holding midfielder in place of the suspended Nemanja Matic.

It was a ploy that paid off as Christian Eriksen and Harry Kane were peripheral figures with Chelsea compressing the space in which the pair are often at their most effective.

Eriksen did, however, create the game’s first meaningful moment, hitting the crossbar with a ninth-minute free-kick that Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech appeared to pull his hand away from in the belief it was off target.

Spurs grew into the game as the first-half wore on but Chelsea looked dangerous from set-pieces and that threat was realised just before the interval.

Nacer Chadli fouled Branislav Ivanovic in Tottenham’s left-back area, allowing Willian the chance to deliver a dangerous free-kick.

The Brazilian’s cross brushed Danny Rose and rebounded off Eric Dier into the path of Terry, whose deflected close-range effort found its way past Hugo Lloris, selected ahead of Michel Vorm despite the latter playing in every round prior to the Final.

Costa had been involved in a typically fiery scrap with Spurs’ backline but he had the last laugh when doubling Chelsea’s lead 11 minutes after the restart.

Cesc Fabregas played Costa into space in the left-hand side of the penalty area. The angle was tight for a shot and his effort looked off target before Walker stretched out his leg and diverted the ball past Lloris at his near post.

Spurs were unable to muster any momentum to force their way back into the game. For the first time in the match, Kane found some space inside the box after Rose burst forward but Terry was on hand to block his effort as Chelsea stood firm to the end.