Tottenham fullback Kyle Walker is happy kicking off 2015 with a derby against Chelsea.

Newcastle United are the only side to topple the current league leaders on the domestic stage.

"I watched Chelsea against Stoke recently when they won 2-0 and they were very good," Walker told the Spurs website.

"Defensively they're fantastic. They're experienced at the back and are a very good team - it's going to be difficult.

"However, as I always say, with the lads that we've got in the dressing room, why can't we go out there and take the game to them?

"They're coming to our ground, they'll be on our patch so we need to take it to them and show them what we can do."