Chelsea fought again from two targets all the way down to win 4-3 at London rivals Tottenham to shut the hole on Premier League leaders Liverpool to 4 factors.
Spurs, who’ve blown a two-goal lead for the second time this season after dropping 3-2 at Brighton in October, had been 2-0 up after simply 11 minutes by way of Dominic Solanke and Dejan Kulusevski as Chelsea defender Marc Cucurella was pressured right into a change of trainers after slipping for each targets.
Jadon Sancho then bought the guests again into the sport within the seventeenth minute as he produced an exquisite curling low end off the publish from exterior the field.
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Cucurella slipped for a second time within the build-up to Tottenham’s objective by Kulusevski to double their lead over Chelsea
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Sancho pulled a objective again for Chelsea in opposition to Tottenham with a surprising strike from exterior the field
Chelsea midfielder Moises Caicedo escaped a first-half crimson card for an over-the-ball deal with on Pape Matar Sarr regardless of a VAR evaluate – a choice which Sky Sports activities’ Jamie Carragher described as “unbelievable”.
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Jamie Carragher believes that Caicedo ought to have been despatched off for this problem on Sarr
Caicedo then received a second-half penalty as he drew a rash problem from Yves Bissouma that allowed Palmer to equalise from the spot within the 61st minute.
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Cole Palmer simply slotted away a penalty to place Chelsea degree after Bissouma took down Caicedo within the penalty space
Chelsea all the time appeared likeliest to win the sport and Enzo Fernandez accomplished the turnaround within the 73rd minute with a strong near-post volley.
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Enzo Fernandez fired a superb volley into the underside nook to place Chelsea in entrance at Spurs
Spurs’ defensive frailties had been on show once more as Sarr gave away one other poor penalty that allowed Palmer to provide a cool Panenka within the 84th minute to increase their lead.
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Cole Palmer scores his second penalty
Heung-Min Son pulled a stoppage-time objective again nevertheless it was too little too late as Chelsea held on for a fourth straight league win to maneuver second behind Liverpool, who’ve a sport in hand after the Reds’ match in opposition to Everton was postponed on Saturday.
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Heung-Min Son scored a late comfort for Tottenham
Spurs, in the meantime, are heading in the wrong way with back-to-back league defeats leaving them eleventh, seven factors off the highest 4 and boss Ange Postecoglou underneath much more stress.
Merse and Carra: Chelsea are within the title race
Chelsea’s Enzo Fernandez celebrates scoring their third objective of the sport
Sky Sports activities’ Paul Merson:
“It’s a massive result. This is Chelsea’s biggest game of the season – go to Tottenham and win, four points behind Liverpool.
“They’re within the title race and are Liverpool’s largest menace. They have not bought European soccer – they have one other group for that.”
Sky Sports’ Jamie Carragher:
“This Chelsea group isn’t any underdog story. This can be a group that has spent £1.2bn however what they’re doing this season is one thing completely sudden.
“This club are right in the mix for a title challenge.”
