Chelsea defender Levi Colwill rates Tottenham as their biggest local rivals.

Chelsea go to Spurs on Monday night.

And academy graduate Colwill told the club's website: "We had the best rivalry with Tottenham growing up,' Colwill tells us in the canteen at Cobham after training this week.

"I can't really remember if they ever beat us. Playing against them home or away, we knew it was going to be a fight and we really enjoyed it.

"I remember once at Under-16s we played them in a cup game on the match pitch at Cobham, and we nicked it 2-1 or 1-0 in the last minute.

"It might have been a handball and someone scored. They were going crazy and it was the best feeling ever! It shut them up. They were the better team on the day but we got the win and that's what matters. It was on the match pitch at Cobham."

He also said: "I will 100 per cent tell my team-mates about it, but most of them know what a big game it is. At the same time, we will help them realise what a big game this is.

"Their fans will be up for it, we need our fans to go out with the same energy, and make no mistake we will go out and put a performance in.

"We have to put a performance in for our fans to be proud of, and for us to be proud of, to show where we can go. We are headed in the right direction. To beat Tottenham, the fans would love it, and we will do everything we can to get the result."