(Premier League 2023/2024): Highlights Tottenham - Chelsea

Sometimes you need a bit of luck on nights like this. Tottenham have just got one early. Sanchez, wrong-footed and helpless. Tottenham 1 Chelsea 0. They started the game with such aggression. Maddison just gets freed up on the left-hand side. Caicedo doesn't get close enough. And then there's a nice gap in the middle of the pitch for the Torpedo actor, Kieliszewski. And then what comes next is, yes, fortuitous. Nick, you're done. So, Brennan Johnson feeding it in! Up on Son. Hold your horses, Spurs fans. Fans all thought it was a good tackle. It looked a little two-footed, didn't it? I'm sure they'll be having a look at it. I'm not suggesting that it's a red card, but it looked a little bit dangerous the way he flew in. He's caught a little bit of Raheem Sterling's left foot. If he has, Sam, he's going to go. Surely. Well, I guess they're saying he's past the side of him. The weather says, on you go. Tennis side at the moment, as Caicedo goes down to him. That is a lovely pass. Raheem Sterling. The Tottenham fans boo. The Chelsea fans hope. Sterling, still! That! There's all sorts going on here. I think offside is out of the picture, but the other two things might be a factor. The ricochet off the arm. And this. There, from Thiago Silva. Isn't the handball... And there's the kick on Colwell. That's why he went down. And Romero has previous here. Good luck, VAR. We'll see in about 20 minutes. Very nearly 2-0. Might be 1-1. Could still be 1-0. Just watch the two of them here. There's Romero. Kick. That's given away very cheaply. Brilliant from Jackson. Sterling. And Palmer. So congested through the middle. Caicedo! I was about to say, what a goal. But it's not going to count either. This is ridiculous. Someone standing in the way as he shoots through the crowd. I mean, that is a sublime finish from Caicedo. You don't expect it to end up in the net when you see it rolling towards his left foot. It's a magnificent strike. The initial bit of play possibly here. No. Sterling, I think, is anticipating a bit of contact. So I think you're right, Ben. Is someone going to be in the goalkeeper's eyeline? Nicholas Jackson. Well, Nicholas Jackson is. It can't be Sterling. Well, I mean, but define eyeline. No, that's an air shot. Isn't it? That's not a foul on Sterling. That, however, might be a red card from one Argentine to another. What's he going to do? Disallow the goal and send off Romero here? It's the offside for what we were just speculating for. So if this is ruled out for offside, you then have a case for the penalty and a red, by the way. Surely it's offside. Yes, it is. Finally, we get confirmation of that. But it's also a penalty and a red card, is it not? The force he's gone in with. Oh, if that's what they deem dangerous. Ben, if that's in the middle of the pitch, we're not even having this conversation. Everyone's in agreement. He's going to go, surely. I don't think he's going to get away with this. It's going to be a red card. It's going to be a penalty. Off you go. Filthy challenge, Christian Romero. Big, deep breath. Oh, it's just in. Vicario got a big piece of it, but not enough. It's one goal each and it's 10 v 11. He gets enough power on it, and that's what means. Kisses the post, but it beats the goalkeeper. Gets two hands on it. Not enough of the ball from Vicario. Well, we haven't had VAR for three minutes. Sterling must surely be offside here. Jackson is in the middle. Nicholas Jackson. Nope, wasn't it? Surely Sterling was early. I'd like to think it's possible he wasn't, but he looked it, didn't he? I think the pass wide was obviously the safer option there. Sterling's clearly away in beyond Tottenham and great opportunity to produce what he did there. Sterling is away. Three on two, stay onside. Nicholas Jackson. Sterling has Palmer. Oh, it's an awful pass. But that is a free kick at least, and maybe a yellow card too. It should have been one on one, is what it should have been. Udoge's been booked. And Tottenham. See you later. Another silly boy. Yeah, there can't be any complaints with that one. I mean, it's so frustrating from Sterling because the ball gets intercepted. Then he's so sharp to get to that. That only happens if it's Reem Sterling. Now to try and punish them yet again. Rhys James deflection on the cross, Jackson. It's only a corner. Hojbjerg celebrates like he's scored. I mean, this is the sitter. A little bit of good fortune on the delivery with the deflection. I mean, that has got to end up in the back of the net. It's a feeble header, isn't it, in the end? Doesn't get enough power on it. Let's ease it all the way. He's still doing it. So just run from deep like Kukerea has here. Marcu's moment. Surely, Vicario's out. Why didn't he pass it to Raheem Sterling? A bit like the chance he missed in the last game, wasn't it? Against Brentford when he was cleaned through. Penalty spot. Got to be more aware than that and just slide it to Raheem Sterling to his right. Sterling goes. And that looked very tight. Here's the one-on-one. This is the moment. He passes it. Jackson scores it. Tottenham ask for a flag. It's not coming yet. Finnish is in the net. Tottenham 1, Chelsea 2. About time. Yeah, they get it right at five and Sterling still has to find the correct pass, the correct weight on it and then Jackson has to concentrate on his weaker left side. And he's able to do so on that occasion. Unrequired. Now they play dismatch. There's a flick off. Oh, no, right at the back. That's why you don't give away stupid set pieces, though. They're saying it came off a Chelsea player. Well, who knows either way, whether it stands or not, Sam. Don't give them away. That can be the only thing there. And it has, has it not? Maybe brush the head of the... If it touches the Tottenham head and then goes on to Desassis, if he's offside at that point. So this is what counts. Yes, surely that's it. Bentancourt, hasn't it? Desassis! Sanchez saves and spares the Chelsea blushes for now. But for how much longer? Overtook Moon with a mistake. Jackson in the middle again. How many times have we said that? That'll do it. He looks across to see if there's a flag. There isn't. It's 3-1, it's over. Hallelujah. Yeah, not happy about the chances they've conceded, but thank goodness. Well, that should be the three points now. Conor Gallagher does what Raheem Serling did 20 minutes or so ago. Good composure, making sure he gets the pass right, and then there's a little bit of disguise as well. It's Man City at the weekend. Does Jackson go for himself or does he go for Modric? He goes for himself and he walks it in. It looks dominant, it's been anything but, but Nico Jackson's got a hat-trick, and Spurs are getting buried on their own touch. 4-1. Two takers for that through ball on that occasion. And then Jackson, I think he's thinking about it long and hard, isn't he? He knows Modric's there, he sees him, he's waiting for the opportune moment just to play it to his left-hand side, and I think his hesitancy actually does for the goalkeeper. If you watch here, he commits, makes up the goal, the goal scorer's mind for him. Little shuffle, not sure what that was, but then when he sees the goalkeeper go to ground, that's a nice feeling, isn't it? What a nice way to get your first hat-trick. It is a winning return for Pogba. Of all the Premier League wins against Tottenham, that is the weirdest of the lot. What's with the high line, Ange? That's his first question of the day.