– It’s a really horrible tackle, said the former Premier League profiler Mark Schwarzer at the BBC. – Cristian Romero is expelled and I have zero sympathy for him. It’s the wildest tackle, said Gary Neville on Sky Sports. And after that it only went downhill for Tottenham, who were leading 1-0 at the time – half an hour into the first half. After Romero’s first-half sending off, Tottenham were reduced to nine men in the second half as Destiny Udogie picked up her second yellow card. – Postecouglou will not believe the madness that he sees with his own eyes, said Neville. Thus, they had to play the last roughly half an hour with two men less than Chelsea. Tottenham kept away for a long time, but in the end it didn’t work and Chelsea won 4-1. Photo: TONY OBRIEN / Reuters Bright start After Arsenal’s away loss to Newcastle on Saturday, Tottenham were the only team in the Premier League without a loss before Monday’s game against Chelsea. There, most things went wrong for Tottenham manager Ange Postecouglou and the rest of the Tottenham team. Admittedly, it started well. Dejan Kulusevski sent Tottenham into the lead in the sixth minute of the game. A few minutes later, Son Heung-min thought he had doubled Tottenham’s lead, but the goal was ruled out for offside after a VAR check. And it was far from the last time VAR came into focus in the first half. Injuries, expulsion and VAR checks Halfway through the half, Cristian Romero escaped a red card after kicking Levi Colwill in the back of the leg. And at the same time, VAR intervened and canceled Chelsea’s Raheem Sterling’s goal by hand. Five minutes later, Moisés Caicedo thought he had equalised, but the goal was disallowed for a marginal offside on Chelsea striker Nicolas Jackson. The offside check itself took around two and a half minutes. Afterwards, VAR intervened against Cristian Romero’s tackle right up front. Michael Oliver was sent out to the screen and quickly concluded with a penalty and a red card for Romero. Cole Palmer narrowly missed the penalty kick in the goal, via the gloves of Tottenham goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario and the post. The pain got worse when Tottenham’s key players James Maddison and Micky van de Ven had to go off injured in overtime – in a half that was first blown away when the game clock showed 57.05. – A first round for the history books, summarized Viaplay commentator Andreas Toft. – Almost surreal Ten minutes into the second half, Tottenham once again made it more difficult for themselves. Destiny Udogie was lucky to escape a yellow card for a two-footed tackle in the first half, but a red card was inevitable as he fouled Sterling and received his second yellow card of the day. Despite being down to nine men, Tottenham stood very high throughout the game – often with the defenders around the midfield. – It is almost surreal to see how they play, said Viaplay’s expert commentator Nils Johan Semb halfway through the half. – The highest defensive line I have seen in my life, wrote former Tottenham profile Jan Vertonghen on X. And after a series of scare shots, Chelsea got a hole in the boil in the 74th minute of the match. Nicolas Jackson rolled the ball easily into an open goal to decide the London derby. But it was just so. Eric Dier got the ball into the goal for Tottenham a few minutes later, but the goal was correctly disallowed for a marginal offside. Tottenham also had several great chances towards the end, but in overtime Jackson scored his second and third of the evening and ensured a 4-1 victory for Chelsea.
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