Last night’s match consisted of a frenzy full of VAR decisions, including five disallowed goals, five successful goals and two red cards - issued by Michael Oliver.
Chelsea beat nine-man Tottenham to win 4-1 away from home, in a London derby at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Prior to this, the Lily Whites had consistently been 1st in the Premier League table with four wins and a draw as the form in their last five games.
Chelsea had a form of two wins, a draw and two wins so also achieved great success in the league so far but are positioned below Spurs, despite the win.
Dejan Kulusevski opened the scoring for Spurs, before Chelsea made a frantic turnaround and Nicolas Jackson was able to score a hat-trick for his team, alongside Cole Palmer who scored a penalty for his club in the 35th minute.
Chelsea received the win, however many Tottenham players also managed to enhance Spurs’ endurance of Chelsea’s determination snatch the three points.
Player Ratings - Tottenham
Guglielmo Vicario - 5/10 - Vicario had an impressive performance despite conceding 4 goals and having less defenders to help him. He also made many saves from shots on target - including almost getting a touch on Palmer’s penalty. However, he made some poor and desperate clearances in added time of the 2nd half.
Pedro Porro - 3/10 - Part of the back line who conceded 4, saved a notable shot from a corner, but risked conceding a handball.
Cristian Romero - 1/10 - Received a red card after committing serious foul play in a tackle on Enzo, which led to Palmer’s scored penalty 35 minutes in.
Micky Van de Ven - 5/10 - Subbed off after a clash to the hamstring in injury time of the first half, however the centre back still played exceptionally well.
Destiny Udogie - 1/10 - Only made one notable save using his head but received a red card comprised of 2 bookings. The first for a dangerous tackle on Sterling and the second for a reckless challenge at the start of the second half.
Pape Matar Sarr - 6/10 - Got the assist on the first goal, while also having some poor shots that were blocked by Chelsea’s back line.
Yves Bissouma - 4/10 - Not much influence in the game, had one shot that was blocked by Chelsea’s defence and helped Spurs to clear some chances took by Nicholas Jackson.
Dejan Kulusevski - 7/10 - Opened the scoring for Spur only 6 minutes in and also played a pass to Son, to which his shot was saved by Sanchez.
James Maddison - 5/10 - Orchestrated most of Tottenham’s play for the first half, until he went down holding his ankle and was subbed off in stoppage time of the first half.
Brennan Johnson - 5/10 - Would have got an assist for an offside goal scored by Son, led majority of Tottenham’s play making in the first half an hour.
Heung-Min Son - 6/10 - Had an attempt on target ruled as offside and ran the show for Spurs along with Maddison in the first half.
Substitutes
Eric Dier - 6/10 - Substituted in the 34th minute to replace Johnson, primarily saved many shots and scored a goal that was ruled as offside.
Oliver Skipp - 2/10 - Substituted in the 61st minute with lack of notable input.
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg - 6/10 - Substituted on after Maddison and Van de Ven faced injuries, but saved a close-range attempt from Jackson and kicked it over the bar. Additionally, he kicked a shot out from Gallagher late on in the clash.
Emerson Royal - 3/10 - Substituted along with Højbjerg with lack of notable input.
Rodrigo Bentancur - 4/10 - Assisted a goal that was ruled as offside and missed an attempt close to goal with the ball hitting his head and deflecting onto the floor for a goal kick.
Player Ratings - Chelsea
Robert Sánchez - 7/10 - Was able to save 4/5 of Tottenham’s attempts on target.
Reece James - 5/10 - Had one shot that pssed the left-hand post of the goal. Subbed off at 77 minutes.
Axel Disasi - 3/10 - One of Chelsea’s least notable players in this match, simply not up to speed with the rest of the play, despite playing the full 90 minutes.
Thiago Silva - 4/10 - Had two lofty shots 26 minutes in after Vicario saved one.
Levi Colwill - 2/10 - Lack of positive notability for number 26. Colwill took a deflection which landed Tottenham’s first goal in the net. After Colwill received a yellow in the 45+10th minute, he was subbed off straight away to avoid a red.
Moisés Caicedo - 6/10 - Had a goal ruled offside in the first half. Committed a foul on Maddison 3 mins in, despite playing the full 90 minutes.
Enzo Fernández - 6/10 - Had multiple wayward attempts on target, but managed to win a penalty after he received a challenge off Cristian Romero and had him as Spurs’ first man to be sent off.
Cole Palmer - 8/10 - Scored the penalty as part of the first goal, in which the ball hit the inside of the right-hand post to land in the bottom left corner of the net. Palmer also assisted the final goal, giving Jackson his hat-trick.
Conor Gallagher - 7/10 - Conor assisted Jackson’s second goal. Gallagher also had a shot towards the end of the match in which Højbjerg cleared.
Raheem Sterling - 8/10 - Scored the first Chelsea goal which was disallowed for handball and made this assist for the second Chelsea goal, scored by Nicholas Jackson.
Nicholas Jackson - 9/10 - Many shots on target in the first half, however Nicholas scored three in the second half to get a hat-trick. A perfect score was limited by two ‘sitters’ that Jackson missed.
Substitutes
Marc Cucurella - 6/10 - Substituted 45 minutes in, with one shot on target which was offside.
Mykhailo Mudryk - 6/10 - Substituted in the 58th minute and received a booking 89 minutes in. However, Mykhailo had considerable input in Jackson’s third goal.
Lesley Ugochukwu - 3/10 - Substituted in the 90+1 minute with lack of notable input, but received a booking 90+4 minutes in.
Malo Gusto - 4/10 - Substituted in the 77th minute with lack of notable input, but received a booking 86 minutes in.
HAT-TRICK HERO: Nicolas Jackson takes the ball around Guglielmo Vicario to score his third goal of the match for Chelsea, achieving a hat-trick. (Photo by Visionhaus/Getty Images)
