With home advantage, Tottenham quickly took the attack up right after the opening whistle. Just 6 minutes after the ball rolled, the home team opened the score thanks to Dejan Kulusevski
In the 11th minute, Chelsea had a great chance to equalize, but Nicolas Jackson failed to finish in the face of the opposing goalkeeper.
Just 2 minutes later, Son Heung-min shot into Chelsea's net in the penalty area but the goal was disallowed for offside. In the 21st minute, it was Chelsea's turn to be denied by VAR when Raheem Sterling let the ball touch his hand before finishing into Tottenham's net.
The turning point of the match came in the 28th minute when Moises Caicedo shot from a distance into Tottenham's net. After consulting VAR, referee Michael Oliver determined that Jackson was offside and obstructed goalkeeper Vicario's vision. However, the "black shirt king" showed Tottenham centre-back Cristian Romero a red card for a dangerous tackle on Enzo Fernandez in the box.
On the 11m mark, Cole Palmer made no mistake to bring the match back to the starting line in the 35th minute.
With the advantage in terms of numbers, Chelsea proactively pushed up their attack formation in the second half.
In the 54th minute, Tottenham had only 9 players left on the field when destiny Udogie received a second yellow card for a very rough foul on Sterling.
In the remaining minutes with a advantage of more than 2 players, Chelsea dominated the game and scored 3 more goals against the opponent. All three goals were scored by Nicolas Jackson.
In the end, Tottenham lost 1-4 to Chelsea right at home. This defeat caused Spurs to officially lose the top spot to Man City with 26 points, 1 point behind the top team. Meanwhile, Chelsea are in 10th place with 15 points.
