Tottenham v Chelsea LIVE: Result and final score as Cole Palmer’s cheeky Panenka caps comeback
Tottenham 3-4 Chelsea: Two Palmer goals complete superb turnaround in north London
Cole Palmer scored two penalties included a cheeky Panenka as Chelsea came from behind to beat Spurs 4-3 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Tottenham made the perfect start when Dominic Solanke and Dejan Kulusevski capitalised on slips by Marc Cucurella – who later changed his boots – to race into a two-goal lead.
But Jadon Sancho replied with a well-taken goal, and after half-time Chelsea equalised when Yves Bissouma’s lunge was given as a clear penalty, and Palmer slotted from the spot.
Palmer’s jinking run then helped create for Enzo Fernandez to put Chelsea ahead, and another Spurs mistake – when Pape Matar Sarr bundled into the back of Palmer – gave up another spot-kick, which the playmaker dinked deftly down the middle.
Son Heung-min hit back near the close but it was too little, too late as the Blues moved to second in the Premier League.
GOAL! Tottenham 3-4 Chelsea
96 min: GOAL! But once again, too little too late for the hosts!
They get forward well and Maddison does brilliantly to skip past a challenge by the byline, and he feeds a great cutback to Son, who fires low into the back of the net!
Tottenham 2-4 Chelsea
95 min: Porro’s free-kick isn’t great but his shot from the rebound is, and it flies narrowly wide for a corner.
Tottenham 2-4 Chelsea
94 min: Spurs do go close as Werner slips in a lovely pass for Son, but Sanchez was off his line quickly to make the save.
Moments later, Spurs win a free-kick near the edge of the box, but it’s too little too late for Postecoglou’s side.
Tottenham 2-4 Chelsea
91 min: There’ll be seven minutes of added time here, as Maddison is fed by Werner before firing a shot well over.
Tottenham 2-4 Chelsea
89 min: Badiashile slips and loses it to Werner, who plays it on to Solanke, but the striker’s shot is quickly blocked.
Chelsea bring off Palmer and Cucurella for Joao Felix and Renato Veiga.
Tottenham 2-4 Chelsea
87 min: The game is over as a contest but Spurs are still trying to press, though there are no gaps in the Chelsea defence now.
Tottenham 2-4 Chelsea
85 min: Neto is booked for a late challenge and he then comes off for Madueke.
GOAL! Tottenham 2-4 Chelsea
84 min: GOAL! Palmer makes no mistake, clipping a lovely panenka past Forster, who went the wrong way.
PENALTY! Tottenham 2-3 Chelsea
83 min: PENALTY TO CHELSEA! This could be it!
Another ridiculous challenge from a Spurs player, as Sarr runs into the back of Palmer, who was running towards the byline!
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