Tottenham Hotspurs’ defense completely collapsed after the Lilly Whites saw two defensive minded players, Cristian Romero and Destiny Udogie receive their marching orders in both halves of the thrilling encounter on Monday night at the Tottenham Stadium.
Spurs started perfectly as Dejan Kulusevski cut in from the right side and saw his deflected effort find the back of the net in the sixth minute.
The hosts almost doubled their lead only for Son Heung-Min’s goal to be ruled out for offside but the first of many VAR calls.
The video refs then chalked off a goal for Raheem Sterling before cancelling out Moises Caicedo’s equaliser. This VAR check also resulted in the first of Tottenham’s red card as Cristian Romero was judged to have seriously fouled Enzo Fernandez. Cole Palmer then slotted home the resultant penalty.
upon resumption of the the second half, Destiny Udogie clipped Sterling and earned a second booking causing Tottenham to finish the game with nine men. They kept Chelsea at bay for 17 minutes before Sterling nipped in behind and played in Nicolas Jackson.
The Senegalese completely capitalized in the collapsed defense of the home team to add two more goals in the dying minute of the encounter for his first English Premier League’s hat trick.
The result meant Tottenham would retain their second position on the log with two points behind Manchester City while Chelsea occupy the 10th position with 15 points on the log.