Chelsea inflicted Tottenham’s first league defeat of the season.
Cristian Romero’s red card derailed Tottenham’s opening defeat of the season. PDO
This London Derby was marked in red on the calendar of all Premier League fans as soon as the match calendar was published.
It was offered by the former Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino’s back in front of the Spurs congregation that still worships him.
However, Chelsea’s Argentinian pilot remained a statistic right from the start, as the events on the field rolled forward at a breathless pace.
Swedish Dejan Kulusevski gave the hosts the lead in the sixth minute, and Heung-min Son would have doubled the lead at the goal, if the var had not noticed the offside before the goal.
Tottenham controlled events on the pitch to their heart’s content – until they lost their grip just as completely.
Red card
The new manager of the home team Ange Postecoglou had set Spurs up for an unimaginable blow. But now the Australian pilot lost his cool self-control.
The nervousness was reflected on the field. Raheem Sterling’s and Moisés Caicedon the equalizing goals were disallowed on a var review, but in the end Chelsea got on top by Cole Palmer hard at about half an hour.
Referee Michael Oliver took the ball to the comma because Cristian Romero had earned a straight red after abusing his national teammate Enzo Fernández.
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In the Var booth, the videos were hot because the Blues were too by Nicolas Jackson the goal was disallowed.
Another red one
At the start of the second period, Oliver no longer had to seek the support of the video referees when he chased down a young Spurs defender Destiny Udogi off the field with two yellow cards.
At that point, Tottenham had lost both the lead, control of the match and two players in the shower. In addition Micky van de Ven and James Maddison both had to be replaced due to injuries.
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Mauricio Pochettino (center) made a triumphant return to his former home ground. PDO
Pochettino’s opening at the helm of the Blues has been disappointing. But even Chelsea’s attack isn’t so bad that it couldn’t score a goal with the superiority of two men.
In the 75th minute, the skipper Reece James with his timely pass freed up both Sterling and Jackson to drive through.
The latter got to feast on a 2–1 winning goal.
Even after that, there was still drama when Eric Dier the ball was volleyed by the Chelsea keeper in turn by Robert Sánchez behind the back. According to the lineman’s assessment, the Englishman was already offside, and the var saw no reason to change the verdict.
Senegal’s national team striker Jackson completed two more goals in extra time and increased Chelsea’s winning numbers to 4–1 with his hat trick.
City top of the league
Futis is rarely this eventful. In addition to the five goals conceded, Tottenham Hotspur Stadium saw four missed shots, two reds and the home team’s first league loss of the season.
The biggest winner of the match was probably the reigning champion Manchester City, who thus returned to the top of the league. Suspensions and injuries may backfire on Tottenham in the upcoming rounds of matches as well.