Chelsea vs Tottenham 0-2

Tottenham won 2-0 at Stamford Bridge after a late spell turned a goalless match. The decisive moments came in the 77th minute, when Mike Penders put through his own net, and in the 87th minute, when Mathys Tel levelled the game before Chelsea’s sending-off left them with too much to do.

The first half brought no goals, leaving it 0-0 at the break.

Tottenham made two changes on 65 minutes, sending on Dominic Solanke and Pedro Porro, and Chelsea responded with a change of their own on the same minute, with Marco Palestra replacing Jorrel Hato. The breakthrough came in the 77th minute through Mike Penders’ own goal, which made it Chelsea 1-0 Tottenham. Chelsea then had Cole Palmer sent off on 80 minutes, and Tottenham drew level in the 87th minute through Mathys Tel to make it 1-1. Tottenham made two more changes on 89 minutes, with Ben Davies coming on for Tel and Dejan Kulusevski replacing Mohammed Kudus, before the visitors completed the turnaround.

The numbers backed Tottenham’s territorial edge. They had 69% possession and 639 passes, compared with Chelsea’s 31% and 286, and they also had more shots, 15 to 7, more corners, 6 to 4, and a slightly higher xG figure at 0.8 to 0.51. Shots on target finished level at 4-4, while Chelsea made 3 saves to Tottenham’s 4.

Chelsea’s bookings went to Cole Palmer on 71 minutes and Pedro Neto on 79 minutes, with Morgan Rogers booked three minutes into stoppage time before Palmer’s red card on 80 minutes. Tottenham’s yellow cards were shown to Conor Gallagher on 67 minutes, Micky van de Ven on 71 minutes, Mateus Fernandes on 72 minutes and Roberto De Zerbi on 72 minutes.