Maurico Pochettino marked his return to Tottenham as Chelsea manager with a 4-1 victory against nine players which doesn't begin to tell half the story on a breathtaking London Derby.
Match Report
Ange Postecoglou's side took the lead after only six minutes as Dejan Kulusevski cut inside from the right and his shot deflected off Levi Colwill and spun beyond the wrongfooted Robert Sanchez.
But VAR then took centre stage before Chelsea levelled through a Cole Palmer penalty (35). First Heung-Min Son had a disallowed goal confirmed as offside before Raheem Sterling had a goal ruled out for handball after a review and Moises Caicedo had an effort disallowed for offside.
But in the build-up to the final incident, Cristian Romero was adjudged to have fouled Enzo Fernandez in the box and was shown a red card by referee Michael Oliver.
Spurs were reduced to nine men when Destiny Udogie was shown a second yellow card for a late challenge on Sterling (55). Pochettino's men eventually took the lead with 15 minutes remaining as Nicholas Jackson slotted home after being set up by Sterling's square ball.
There was still time for Son to be denied by Sanchez in stoppage time before Conor Gallagher squared for Jackson to tap home his second on the counter-attack (90+4). Spurs were beaten but Jackson wasn't finished as he raced through to complete his hat-trick as he raced onto Palmer's through ball to round Vicario and finish.
It means Manchester City remain top of the Premier League with Spurs staying in second place - a point adrift - while Chelsea move into the top half of the table.
Match Events
0' The match is about to start!
6' GOAL! Tottenham 1-0 Chelsea (Kulusevski)
7' Porro's shot stopped by Sánchez
11' CLOSE! Vicario denies Jackson’s effort
13' OFFSIDE! Son’s goal disallowed
18' Yellow Card! Destiny Udogie booked
21' NO GOAL! Sterling's shot ruled out for an earlier foul
33' Red Card! Romero sent off
35' Penalty Goal! Tottenham 1-1 Chelsea (Cole Palmer)
36' Disallowed! Jackson scores but the goal is offside
43' Old friend Gareth Bale
44' Emerson on for injured van de Ven
46' Palmer’s shot wide out
55' Second Yellow Card! Destiny Udogie sent off
55' Yellow Card! Pape Matar Sarr booked
60' CLOSE! James’ shot wide out
68' CLOSE! Cucurella’s shot cleared off by Vicario
75' GOAL! Tottenham 1-2 Chelsea (Nicolas Jackson)
77' Goooal... No! Dier’s goal disallowed after VAR review
89' Yellow Card! Mykhaylo Mudryk booked
94' GOAL! Tottenham 1-3 Chelsea (Nicolas Jackson)
97' GOAL! Tottenham 1-4 Chelsea (Nicolas Jackson)
Line-ups
Tottenham XI: Son, Maddison, Guglielmo Vicario, Bissouma, Romero, Kulusevski, Pedro Porro, Destiny Udogie, Brennan Johnson, Pape Matar Sarr, Micky van de Ven
Subs: Fraser Forster, Hojbjerg, Dier, Lo Celso, Bentancur, Richarlison, Skipp, Aparecido, Gil
Chelsea XI: Thiago Silva, Sterling, Axel Disasi, Reece James, Robert Sánchez, Conor Gallagher, Cole Palmer, Enzo Fernández, Moisés Caicedo, Levi Colwill, Nicolas Jackson
Subs: Marc Cucurella, Djordje Petrovic, Benoît Badiashile, Noni Madueke, Mykhaylo Mudryk, Maatsen, Malo Gusto, L. Ugochukwu, Deivid Washington