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Spurs win 2-0 at Chelsea for first time since 2018 as Palmer sees red
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๐ฐ Tottenham won 2-0 at Chelsea, their first victory at Stamford Bridge in eight years.
๐ Key points
๐ Spurs won at Chelsea for the first time since 2018.
๐งค Chelsea keeper Mike Penders punched a corner into his own net on 77 minutes.
๐ฅ Cole Palmer was sent off for a second yellow card on 80 minutes.
๐ Mathys Tel sealed it with a long-range solo goal on 87.
๐ฃ๏ธ Roberto De Zerbi said: "Now it is a complete team."
๐ What happened
๐งค The deadlock broke on 77 minutes when Penders, under pressure from Jan Paul van Hecke, punched Mateus Fernandes's corner into his own net. He was deputising for the injured Emiliano Martรญnez.
๐ฅ Palmer, booked on 71 minutes, was sent off on 80 for a late challenge on Conor Gallagher. Xabi Alonso said: "I need to check the action to talk with Cole but it is one to learn for the future for sure."
๐ On 87 minutes Tel ran from his own half, went past Maxence Lacroix and finished into the bottom corner from range.
๐ฃ๏ธ De Zerbi said: "They deserved this win, they prepared very well. Now it is a complete team. When we stay for dinner and stay together in the dressing room, I see a different group." He added: "We have suffered enough."
๐ By the numbers
โข Spurs' Premier League wins at Stamford Bridge: 2, first since 2018
โข Previous meetings: Chelsea had won 10 of 12
โข Goals: Penders own goal 77', Tel 87'
โข Palmer red card: 80' (second yellow)
๐ญ Why it matters
Winless in their first six league games, Spurs have followed their first win against Coventry with a second in a row. De Zerbi started Sandro Tonali and Mateus Fernandes together in midfield for the first time. For Alonso's Chelsea, it was a first home defeat.
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