And things got even better as Chelsea opened the scoring inside 20 minutes. Hugo Llloris made a terrific save from Kai Havertz’s shot but could do nothing to Kalidou Koulibaly’s masterpiece volley from Marc Cucurella’s corner. Chelsea kept control of proceedings but were unable to increase the advantage, and this state of play remained true after the break – with the added Chelsea change missing several good-looking chances. And then a bit of refereeing ineptitude, aided by a bit of play at the back, led to Spurs leveling midway through the second half, with a foul on Havertz and Richarlison in the path of Højbjerg’s shot apparently not was considered an interference. . The benches cleared in the wake of the goal but after a lull we quickly restored the lead thanks to Rhys James. Unfortunately, a last-second equalizer from Harry Kane in the corner, followed by a bit more incompetence from the referees, would see the points shared. Carefree.
Two changes from last weekend, with Cucurella and Loftus-Cheek starting, both at full-back, and James dropping to right centre-back. Azpi for Jorginho after the goal, drops to the back with James moving to full-back and RLC in the middle. Gallagher on Kanté after injury. Pulisic for Sterling and Brocha for Havertz in further similar changes. This is now 40 Premier League games ‘unbeaten at half time’ Chelsea haven’t lost a Premier League home game we led at half-time since October 2011 Next: Leeds United away next Saturday KTBFFH
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