Palmer nets brace as Chelsea beat Spurs and pile strain on Postecoglou

Chelsea got here from two objectives behind to beat Tottenham Hotspur 4-3 and transfer second within the Premier League desk.

Cole Palmer was on the right track twice from the penalty spot, as Jadon Sancho and Enzo Fernandez scored in one other blockbuster between the London rivals.

Very like this fixture final season, it was a frantic opening 45 minutes on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium as Spurs took management of the early levels following two key errors by Marc Cucurella.

Brennan Johnson made the a lot of the defender’s first mistake, snatching the ball from him following a slip and driving down the appropriate, earlier than crossing for Dominic Solanke to open the scoring excellently inside the primary 5 minutes.

And simply six minutes later, Cucurella fell sufferer to the slippery floor for the second time when he went down once more, this time permitting Spurs to seek out Dejan Kulusevski on the sting of the field, who fired the hosts two objectives forward.

Tottenham couldn’t maintain on to the two-goal cushion for lengthy, although, as Sancho drilled dwelling from 20 yards to halve the deficit 4 minutes later.

One of many main speaking factors within the first half was when Moises Caicedo caught Pape Sarr together with his studs excessive in a late problem, however after a swift VAR verify, the midfielder was controversially cleared.

Chelsea began the second half on the entrance foot and their persistence paid off on the hour mark as Caicedo gained a penalty following a reckless problem from Yves Bissouma. Palmer was available to fit dwelling the spot kick and pull Enzo Maresca’s facet stage.

In one other second of insanity, Sarr shoved Palmer within the again to reward the guests one other penalty, which was dispatched with a Panenka by Palmer.

Chelsea held on for all three factors whereas Spurs, who did seize a really late third objective, slumped to a 3rd recreation with no win.

In additional dangerous information for Ange Postecoglou and Spurs, Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven had been handed match to begin the match, however each had been compelled off with accidents.