Image: Chelsea Football Club on Facebook Caption : Cole Palmer continues to shine game by game. Having a history of 12 out of 12 games with
Cole Palmer continues to shine game by game. Having a history of 12 out of 12 games with. Image: Chelsea
(The Post News)- Chelsea defeated Tottenham Hotspurs 4-3 on Sunday, falling down 2-0 and moving up to second place in the English Premiership League. The Blues took the lead thanks to two penalties from Cole Palmer.
Dejan Kulusevski and Dominic Solanke gave Spurs manager Ange Postecoglou, who has been under criticism, a fantastic start. However, as Chelsea stormed back to extend their unbeaten Premier League run to seven games, his careless offensive style will be scrutinized more closely.
Prior to dominating the second half with Palmer twice cool from the penalty spot, each side of an Enzo Fernandez goal, Jadon Sancho gave the visitors a footing. Chelsea is just four points behind leaders Liverpool, who have a game in hand after high winds forced them to postpone their Saturday trip to Everton.
Spurs, who have only won once in seven games and are still in 11th place in the standings, found little solace in Son Heung-min’s strike in the 96th minute. Following a poor performance in Thursday’s 1-0 loss to Bournemouth, Postecoglou got into a heated altercation with his own fans.
Spurs, who have already defeated Manchester City twice and easily defeated Manchester United 3-0 early in the season, have frequently kept their best for the most important games. Early on, an undefeated Chelsea was left chasing shadows as Postecoglou’s team soared out of the traps.
Brennan Johnson’s cross was opened by Solanke, who snuck in at the near post to turn it in. After wandering around the Blues’ box’s edge, Kulusevski sent a low shot past Robert Sanchez to make it two in 11-minutes.
In midweek, Sancho earned a start for Chelsea by scoring his first goal in a 5-1 thumping of bottom-place Southampton. With a spectacular long-range goal past Fraser Forster, the Manchester United loanee promptly put the visitors back in the match.
The first forty-five minutes were hectic and fast-paced, with lots of chances at both ends, but nevertheless that was the end of the scoring. Son’s cross should have been finished by Solanke to increase Tottenham’s lead, but Pape Sarr headed off the crossbar.
Palmer and Pedro Neto were denied an equalizer at the opposite end by Forster’s long limbs. It was also lucky for both teams to reach the half with 11 players remaining. The VAR official decided that Moises Caicedo’s studs-up challenge on Sarr did not include excessive force.
Kulusevski avoided additional penalty for a stray elbow on Romeo Lavia as well. After the interval, Chelsea, under Palmer’s leadership, took charge to further aggravate Spurs’ grievances and cast doubt on Postecoglou’s future.
The crucial fourth goal came after the former Australia manager lamented last week that his team frequently “shoot themselves in the foot.” Unnecessarily diving in on Caicedo, Yves Bissouma gave up a penalties, which Palmer calmly converted to tie the score.
Palmer played a significant part in Chelsea’s third goal as well. After a deft run into the Spurs box, Palmer’s effort was stopped, but Fernandez was able to score from the edge of the area. Tottenham’s problems were made worse by the fact that both Micky van de Ven and Cristian Romero, their usual center-back duo, had to be substituted after being hurried back from injury to start.
When Sarr pushed Palmer over inside the area, it was just another moment of insanity that won the points. This time, the England international shamelessly dinked the penalty kick down the center of Forster’s goal in the manner of Panenka. Son turned in James Maddison’s cross to set up a nervy finale.
However, Enzo Maresca’s team persevered to go closer to Liverpool and strengthen their position as surprising title candidates.
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