The story of a complete bottle job from Spurs.
This Sunday passed, Spurs hosted Chelsea in what was a crazy encounter in the Premier League. Chelsea's remarkable comeback from a two-goal deficit to win at Tottenham was completed by Cole Palmer's cool 'Panenka' penalty.
Spurs got off to a quick start but then faltered and lost, adding to the recent suffering for under-fire manager Ange Postecoglou. Goals from Jadon Sancho and Enzo Fernandez, as well as two penalty kicks from Palmer, put an end to the team.
The game had slipped away from Tottenham by the time Son Heung-min added their third goal in stoppage time, after Dominic Solanke and Dejan Kulusevski had put them ahead 2-0 in 11 minutes.
Chelsea's victory puts them only four points behind leaders Liverpool in the Premier League, whose match against Everton on Saturday was postponed due to Storm Darragh.
Spurs had a frantic start at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, and five minutes after Brennan Johnson took advantage of a mistake by Marc Cucurella, Solanke scored the first goal.
Six minutes later, Kulusevski drove at Chelsea's defence and finished inside Robert Sanchez's near post after Cucurella slipped once more.
Cucurella changed his boots at that point because he had been struggling to stay upright at a significant cost to his team.
After a slow change in momentum, Chelsea winger Sancho dribbled past Radu Dragusin and Pedro Porro before curling a fantastic low shot in off the right post.
Chelsea had a break as Pape Matar Sarr headed against the bar from a corner, but the comeback was already underway.
Whether Postecoglou was right to risk Van de Ven and Romero will undoubtedly be questioned, and since this loss comes after the midweek loss at Bournemouth, attention will be on the Australian manager more and more.
Palmer leads second-place Chelsea into a title race, while Spurs sit in 11th place. Palmer made sure he and the visitors had the last laugh on a day when he had to deal with home-end supporters hurling objects at him.
Six minutes later, Kulusevski drove at Chelsea's defence and finished inside Robert Sanchez's near post after Cucurella slipped once more.
Cucurella changed his boots at that point because he had been struggling to stay upright at a significant cost to his team.
After a slow change in momentum, Chelsea winger Sancho dribbled past Radu Dragusin and Pedro Porro before curling a fantastic low shot in off the right post.
Chelsea had a break as Pape Matar Sarr headed against the bar from a corner, but the comeback was already underway.
Chelsea's comeback in the second half coincided with Tottenham's string of injuries. They lost winger Johnson as well as crucial defenders Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven, who both came back for this crucial match but were unable to hold out.
As the Spurs defence utterly lost focus, Palmer benefited. Yves Bissouma's wild lunge brought down Moises Caicedo, and the England forward scored his first penalty shortly after the hour. Palmer won the second penalty after Sarr shoved him over without cause.
Palmer added salt to Spurs' wounds with his cheeky finish from that second spot-kick.
Whether Postecoglou was right to risk Van de Ven and Romero will undoubtedly be questioned, and since this loss comes after the midweek loss at Bournemouth, attention will be on the Australian manager more and more.
Palmer leads second-place Chelsea into a title race, while Spurs sit in 11th place. Palmer made sure he and the visitors had the last laugh on a day when he had to deal with home-end supporters hurling objects at him.
"Ice cold Cole Palmer" celebrating his second penalty finish.
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