On 14th August 2022, the London clubs Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspurs faced each other at the home of Chelsea Stamford Bridge. This enthralling game ended with a score line of 2-2.
This ever anticipating and exciting clash had its moments of drama and disaster. Two managers clashed twice over the decisions by match officials which resulted in both being the first recipients of the red cards this season.
The North-London derby at the Stamford Bridge ends with an even-steven.
From the very first minute, Chelsea started knocking on the door of the Tottenham Hotspurs. It didn’t take much time for Chelsea to open the score line. In the 19th minute of the clock, the Blues got a corner where their two new signings combined to score the first goal of the North-London derby.
The club’s new left-back Marc Cucurella lofted an out-swinging corner towards the newly signed center-back Koulibaly who gives Chelsea a lead with a jaw-dropping volley.
Harry Kane had an open chance to equalize the game but surprisingly he didn’t fit the ball into the frame of the goal. With the completion of the first half, Chelsea led Tottenham by a goal.
In the 68th minute, Chelsea’s rivals Tottenham made a comeback to make it 1-1. The goal was scored by their Danish midfielder Holberg. This goal led to a lot of controversies as Kai Havertz was taken down by a Spurs player and they scored on a counterattack. At this time, Conte mercilessly celebrated the goal by running in front of Chelsea’s German tactician Thomas Tuchel.
Many fans compared Antonio Conte to Prime Jose Mourinho when he was a Chelsea manager. After this celebration, both the managers got into a fight and both received a yellow card.
In the 77th minute, Chelsea again took the lead with Recce James scoring from a very well-created attack. In the dying minutes of the game, Harry Kane came up with an equalizer with a scoring header from a corner.
The game ended in a stalemate at Stamford Bridge. Once again both the managers got into a fight where the coaching staff of both teams had to intervene to cool things down between the two managers.
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