Harry Kane’s equaliser six minutes into stoppage time earned Tottenham a dramatic draw as a fiery London derby at Stamford Bridge ended in an angry confrontation between Thomas Tuchel and Antonio Conte that resulted in red cards for both managers.
Tempers were running high throughout as Chelsea twice led before Kane’s glancing header seconds from the end gave Spurs a point.
Chelsea dominated the first half and fully deserved the 19th minute lead they earned when their two summer signings combined, Kalidou Koulibaly flashing home a powerful volley from Marc Cucurella’s corner.
Spurs struggled to make any sort of impression, Kane missing their best opportunity, but drew level after 68 minutes when Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg’s shot beat Edouard Mendy.
Chelsea were furious that referee Anthony Taylor had failed to penalise Rodrigo Bentancur for a challenge on Kai Havertz, the ensuing melee leading to face-to-face fury between the two managers which ended with both Chelsea boss Tuchel and Spurs counterpart Conte receiving yellow cards.
Once order had been restored, Chelsea were back in front as James scored from Raheem Sterling’s pass, the fired up Tuchel celebrating by sprinting past Conte along the touch in sheer elation.
Chelsea thought they had made it six points from two games until Kane headed in Ivan Perisic’s corner – the antipathy not ending there as a handshake between Tuchel and Conte developed into another bust-up between the pair which ended with them both getting their marching orders.
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Chelsea
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Squad number16Player nameMendy
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Squad number24Player nameJames
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Squad number6Player nameThiago Silva
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Squad number26Player nameKoulibaly
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Squad number12Player nameLoftus-Cheek
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Squad number7Player nameKanté
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Squad number5Player nameJorginho
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Squad number32Player nameCucurella
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Squad number29Player nameHavertz
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Squad number19Player nameMount
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Squad number17Player nameSterling
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Squad number10Player namePulisic
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Squad number18Player nameBroja
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Squad number23Player nameGallagher
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Squad number28Player nameAzpilicueta
Tottenham Hotspur
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Squad number9Player nameRicharlison -
Squad number14Player namePerisic
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Squad number27Player nameLucas Moura -
Squad number38Player nameBissouma
Line-ups
Chelsea
Formation 3-4-2-1
- 16MendyBooked at 62mins
- 24JamesBooked at 41mins
- 6Thiago Silva
- 26Koulibaly
- 12Loftus-Cheek
- 7KantéSubstituted forGallagherat 85′minutes
- 5JorginhoSubstituted forAzpilicuetaat 73′minutes
- 32Cucurella
- 29HavertzBooked at 86minsSubstituted forBrojaat 90′minutes
- 19Mount
- 17SterlingSubstituted forPulisicat 84′minutes
Substitutes
- 1Arrizabalaga
- 10Pulisic
- 14Chalobah
- 18Broja
- 20Hudson-Odoi
- 21Chilwell
- 22Ziyech
- 23Gallagher
- 28Azpilicueta
Tottenham
Formation 3-4-2-1
- 1Lloris
- 17Romero
- 15Dier
- 33Davies
- 12Emerson RoyalSubstituted forLucas Mouraat 82′minutes
- 5Højbjerg
- 30BentancurSubstituted forBissoumaat 79′minutes
- 19R SessegnonSubstituted forRicharlisonat 57′minutes
- 21Kulusevski
- 7Son Heung-MinSubstituted forPerisicat 79′minutes
- 10Kane
Substitutes
- 2Doherty
- 6D Sánchez
- 9Richarlison
- 11Gil
- 14Perisic
- 20Forster
- 25Tanganga
- 27Lucas Moura
- 38Bissouma
Live Text
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Match ends, Chelsea 2, Tottenham Hotspur 2.
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Second Half ends, Chelsea 2, Tottenham Hotspur 2.
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Goal! Chelsea 2, Tottenham Hotspur 2. Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ivan Perisic with a cross following a corner.
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VAR Decision: No card change Cristian Romero (Tottenham Hotspur).
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Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Édouard Mendy.
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Attempt saved. Ben Davies (Tottenham Hotspur) header from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Ivan Perisic with a cross.
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Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Mason Mount.
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Attempt blocked. Yves Bissouma (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
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Foul by Reece James (Chelsea).
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Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Attempt missed. Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) header from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left.
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Hand ball by Christian Pulisic (Chelsea).
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Substitution, Chelsea. Armando Broja replaces Kai Havertz.
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Kai Havertz (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Foul by Kai Havertz (Chelsea).
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Cristian Romero (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt missed. Mason Mount (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Conor Gallagher.
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Substitution, Chelsea. Conor Gallagher replaces N’Golo Kanté because of an injury.
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Substitution, Chelsea. Christian Pulisic replaces Raheem Sterling.
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Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Lucas Moura replaces Emerson Royal.
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