Tottenham Hotspur saw their unbeaten run damaged by struggling Chelsea in a London Derby encounter on Monday night, November 6.
Tottenham Hotspur hosted Chelsea on matchday 11 of the English Premier League at the Tottenham Stadium with the hope that they could continue with their fine form against their struggling rivals.
Note that it has been a disappointing start to the new season for the visiting team so far as Mauricio Pochettino’s men managed to gather just twelve points in their previous 10 games.
Tottenham have been performing excellently well since their 2023/2024 Premier League campaign.
The home team went to the game with an unbeaten record of 10 games and have managed to gain 27 points sitting second in the table behind current champions Manchester City.
Both London teams locked horns against each other in match that ought to end in Tottenham’s favour but the match ended in a 4-1 scoreline in favour of Chelsea with Dejan Kulusevski, Nicolas Jackson, and Cole Palmer appearing in the scoresheet.
Tottenham Starting lineup; Vicario, Porro, Romero, van de Ven, Udogie, Bissouma, Sarr, Kulusevski, Maddison, Johnson, Son.
Chelsea Starting lineup; Sanchez; James, Disasi, Thiago Silva, Colwill, Caicedo, Enzo, Palmer, Gallagher, Sterling, Jackson.
The match got underway at exactly 9:00 p.m. (BST) as Nicolas Jackson made the kickoff pass of the game for the West London team.
Tottenham started the game on a high note but were put under pressure by Jackson who rose into the area with the ball before Pedro Porro made a clear out.
The home team were in charge during the first 5 minutes of play as Maddison played a beautiful pass to Pedro who found Son but the South Korean fired a shot past Chelsea’s goalpost.
Tottenham saw their breakthrough in the 6th minute through Kulusevski’s effort.
Sarr played the ball wide to Kulusevski and Colwill was slow to approach the ball before the Spurs winger took a shot and deflected off the Chelsea defenders and went into the net.
Chelsea were back in the game as Cole Palmer was holding the ball, playing fine passes for his teammates in a cool and calm buildup.
During the 15th minute of action, Tottenham had a goal canceled by the Video Assistant Referee.
Johnson played well to find Udogie and crossed the ball to Son who gently placed the ball into the net. The celebrations were cut short as VAR called for a check before being discovered that Son was in an offside position.
In the 22nd minute, Moises Caicedo also had a goal canceled by the VAR, the former Brighton player played a beautiful finish into the net before the referee discovered that there was an offside incident involved.
Chelsea had another goal disallowed in the 33rd minute but were favored by the center referee, Michael Oliver, who showed Tottenham player Christian Romero a red card following his tackle on Enzo Fernandez.
Chelsea saw a breakthrough and were leveled with the host as Cole Palmer stepped up to convert the spot-kick before halftime.
In the 44th minute of play, Tottenham player Van der Ven was stretched out due to a hamstring injury he suffered.
Shortly after, Spur’s playmaker Maddison came off for Hojberg, the center referee blew the first-half whistle as both teams headed to the dressing room.
The second half got underway as the home team made the kickoff pass.
During the first 10 minutes of the second half, Tottenham were looking for a way to break into Chelsea’s defense but the visitor’s defender stood firm at the back.
In the 55th minute of play, Tottenham were reduced to nine men following Udogie’s red card due to his hard tackle on Raheem Sterling.
Chelsea made their first substitution of the match as Mudryk came in to replace Enzo Fernandez.
Tottenham also made double changes as Bentancur and Skipp came on to replace Kulusevski and Sarr, which looks like a defensive formation for the home team.
Chelsea strived for a goal and it arrived in the 75th minute of play through Nicolas Jackson who was located by Sterling before he placed the ball past Tottenham’s goalie.
Tottenham also fought back but had a goal disallowed by the VAR. Eric Dier saw his equalizer canceled after a review showed that he was in an offside position.
The Blues’ moment of redemption came in stoppage time as Nicolas Jackson fired a double goal in the 94th and 97th minute of play to complete his first Premier League hattrick.
Tottenham recorded their first defeat since the beginning of the 2023/2024 Premier League campaign and currently sit second in the table behind Manchester City.
