Tempers flare between players at the final whistle
Tottenham Hotspur 1–4 Chelsea
by Layth Yousif
at the new White Hart Lane
EXPLOSIVE, captivating, combustible. Choose your adjective after an incident-packed match full of mayhem and chaos in N17.
For this was the Premier League in a microcosm, an enthralling, maddening, glorious contradiction. A relentlessly action-packed match with controversial incidents and enough talking points to last a full season.
In a thrilling game under the lights in front of 61,726 spectators on Monday evening, Ange Postocoglu’s side lost their unbeaten record, and their heads, after Chelsea beat them 4-1, ruining their best start to a season since 1960-61.
Bournemouth merited their triumph over Mikel Arteta’s underwhelming Gunners who had one eye very much on their crucial Champions League clash v PSG
Newcastle cling on to Champions League qualification hopes as the Tractor Boys are condemned to regulation
